spray-dry

1. 1.

   dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas

   Broaderdry

Questions about spray-dry

What does spray-dry mean?

spray-dry means "dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas".

How many syllables are in spray-dry?

spray-dry has 2 syllables: spray--dry. The stress falls on "dry".

Is spray-dry a common word?

spray-dry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.