verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To convert (a liquid or slurry) into a powder by rapidly drying it with a hot gas. transitive
2. 2
   dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas wordnet

Etymology

From spray + dry.

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