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to spray-dry

to spray-dry

7.5
To dry a liquid by making a fine spray that becomes powder when hot air hits it
  • phrasal verb
  • /spreɪ draɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : deshidratar por pulverización
  • Instant coffee is often made by spray-drying liquid coffee extract under high heat.

Examples

  • The company uses large machines to spray-dry milk into a fine powder for easy packaging.

  • After they spray-dried the fruit juice, only a fragrant powder remained.

  • They spray-dry the liquid to create a fine powder.

  • The factory spray-dries the slurry efficiently.

  • Instant coffee is often made by spray-drying liquid coffee extract under high heat.

  • The company uses large machines to spray-dry milk into a fine powder for easy packaging.

  • After they spray-dried the fruit juice, only a fragrant powder remained.

Surface Forms

spray-dry infinitive
spray-dried past
spray-dried past participle
spray-drying present participle
spray-dries third person singular

Morphology

spray-dry = spray + dry (transparent) = spray + dry

The verb is a direct compound of 'spray' + 'dry' describing the process of drying by spraying, which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Spray-dry comes from the words spray ('to make very small drops') and dry ('to remove water'). It means to turn a liquid into a dry powder by sending it out as tiny drops into hot air, so the name tells you exactly how the process works.