predried
/priˈdraɪd/
adjective
- Dried before being used or processed further.
- The predried herbs were stored in airtight jars.
- The factory receives predried clay to save time in production.
- We used predried wood chips to start the campfire quickly.
verb
- Past tense and past participle of predry: to dry something before a later process.
- The technician predried the samples in a low-temperature oven.
- She predried the laundry in the sun before ironing it.
- They predried the paint by using a heat gun.