desiccant
Meaning of desiccant
noun
- a hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.
natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die
a small packet of desiccant to absorb any moisture
late 17th century: from Latin desiccant- ‘making thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare .
Information about desiccant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of desiccant is: desiccants.
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Hyphenation of desiccant
des-ic-cant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- desiccant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
desiccant synonyms
Meaning drying agent:
Anagrams of desiccant
Words that rhyme with desiccant
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