desiccator

English

Noun

desiccator (plural desiccators)

1. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.
   • 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 219:

     Shirley walks past laboratories filled with petri dishes and desiccators, microscopes and pipettes

2. A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.

Derived terms

• cryodesiccator
• vacuum desiccator

 

Latin

Verb

dēsiccātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēsiccō