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hairdryer

/ˈheədraɪə/noun

उच्चारण हेअर्ड्राय

बाल सुखाने की मशीन, हेयर ड्रायर

Basic word

noun
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    [C]

    a small electric machine that you hold in your hand and use to dry your hair by blowing hot air over it

    बाल सुखाने की मशीन, हेयर ड्रायर

    • The hotel room has a hairdryer.
    • She dried her hair quickly with a hairdryer.
    • Plug in the hairdryer and dry your hair quickly.
    + 2 more examples
    • The hairdryer stopped working in the middle of the morning.
    • A hairdryer is not allowed in the hostel rooms.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

hairdryer (countable noun)

A hairdryer is a small electric machine that blows warm air to dry your hair. It is one word in British English (also hair dryer or hair drier). The plural is hairdryers.

Hairdryer बालों को सुखाने वाली छोटी बिजली की मशीन है जो गरम हवा फेंकती है; यह countable noun है और plural 'hairdryers' है।

  • Radhika dried her hair with a hairdryer before the interview.
  • The hotel room has a hairdryer in the bathroom.

use a hairdryer / blow-dry

You use a hairdryer, and the action is blow-drying. Use with for the tool: dry your hair with a hairdryer.

आप hairdryer का प्रयोग करते हैं और क्रिया को blow-dry कहते हैं; साधन के लिए 'with' आता है।

  • She blow-dried her hair with a hairdryer.
  • He uses a hairdryer on a low setting.

hairdryer + on / off / in

Switch on, switch off and plug in describe handling. On a low heat or on a cool setting describes the setting.

Switch on, switch off और plug in संचालन बताते हैं, और 'on a low heat' सेटिंग बताता है।

  • Switch off the hairdryer before you leave the room.
  • Keep the hairdryer on a cool setting for thin hair.

hairdryer as a modifier

It works as a modifier: hairdryer nozzle, hairdryer cable, hairdryer attachment. The first noun is singular.

यह modifier की तरह आता है: hairdryer nozzle, hairdryer cable।

  • The hairdryer cable was too short to reach the mirror.
+Collocations 4

adjective + hairdryer

electrictravelpowerfulioniccompactnoisy

  • She packed a compact travel hairdryer for the hostel.

verb + hairdryer

useswitch onswitch offplug inborrowbuy

  • Can I borrow your hairdryer for five minutes?

hairdryer + noun

nozzlecableattachmentsettingstand

  • A diffuser is a useful hairdryer attachment for curls.

hairdryer + preposition

on highon a low heatin the bathroomfor curls

  • Keep the hairdryer on a low heat to avoid damaging your hair.
“More examples 5
  • The noise of the hairdryer woke the whole hostel floor.

hairdryer की आवाज़ से हॉस्टल की पूरी मंज़िल जाग गई।

  • Radhika used a hairdryer to dry her notebook after it got wet in the rain.

बारिश में भीगी कॉपी को सुखाने के लिए राधिका ने hairdryer का प्रयोग किया।

  • Do not use a hairdryer near water, as it can cause a shock.

पानी के पास hairdryer का प्रयोग न करें, क्योंकि इससे बिजली का झटका लग सकता है।

  • Too much heat from a hairdryer can make hair dry and brittle.

hairdryer की ज़्यादा गर्मी बालों को रूखा और भंगुर बना सकती है।

  • The salon bought three new hairdryers for the customers.

सैलून ने ग्राहकों के लिए तीन नए hairdryers ख़रीदे।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ She dried her hair by a hairdryer.

✓ She dried her hair with a hairdryer.

The instrument is introduced by with, not by.

साधन के लिए 'with' आता है, 'by' नहीं।

✗ I have bought a hairdryer yesterday.

✓ I bought a hairdryer yesterday.

A finished time word like yesterday needs the simple past.

'Yesterday' जैसे बीते समय के शब्द के साथ simple past आता है।