how to say "dryer" in Hebrew

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This one's for Shimon.


Last week I introduced the Hebrew term for washing machine - מְכוֹנַת כְּבִיסָה (meh-khoh-NAHT keh-vee-SAH), where מכונת is the construct state of the word מְכוֹנָה - machine (meh-khoh-NAH).

The machine that dries the clothing - a dryer - is called a מְיַבֵּשׁ (meh-yah-BESH) - literally, that which dries things. מייבש is a form of the active-intensive פיעל verb, לְיַבֵּשׁ - to dry (leh-yah-BESH). And לייבש comes from the word for dry - יָבֵשׁ (yah-VESH).

מייבש can also be used to refer to a hair dryer.

And לייבש is also used as a slang word meaning to leave someone high and dry.