jet dryer

English
Racetrack jet dryer
Washroom jet hand dryers

Etymology

jet +‎ dryer. From being a device that projects a jet of air used to dry a surface.

Noun

jet dryer (plural jet dryers)

  1. (motor racing) A piece of racetrack maintenance equipment, a truck or trailer equipped with a gas turbine jet engine (which does not provide motive or electrical power), that provides copious amounts of hot air, which is used to blow dry the track surface.
  2. (washroom fixture) Ellipsis of jet hand dryer.

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