Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dried by or in the air: applied to fruits and materials from which moisture has been removed by exposure to currents of air under natural atmospheric conditions.
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- adjective made dry by contact with unheated air
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Examples
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New for this year: A $130 Holiday Fruit Wreath features pomegranates, quince slices and air-dried oranges.
Greenery, With Hints of the Forest and Desert Anne Marie Chaker 2011
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The kitchen uses good-quality artisan products, including O'Hagan's award-winning sausages, and air-dried ham and cured meats from Oxsprings in Worcestershire and Monmouthshire's Trealy Farm.
Top 10 best budget restaurants in Cheltenham and Gloucester 2012
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In addition, the dungarees go through whiskering, color coatings and oven baking that leaves them soft and rumpled, like they've just been air-dried on a clothesline.
Guy Blue Heaven Ray A. Smith 2011
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And, there's mojama salt-cured, air-dried tuna, canned seafood and croquetas.
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And, there's mojama salt-cured, air-dried tuna, canned seafood and croquetas.
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Waiting until she heard the curtain move and the shower go on, she stood up slowly and air-dried her face with her hands.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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Waiting until she heard the curtain move and the shower go on, she stood up slowly and air-dried her face with her hands.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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The kangaroo rat's kidney produces only small amounts of highly concentrated urine, enabling the animal to forgo water for long periods and live on air-dried food.
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Wild boar, squid in black ink, raw seal liver, air-dried whale blubber, zebra.
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No longer do I buy a cooked chicken at any supermarket, but rather spend a few dollars more, usually at Whole Foods, 'cause they spell out where the birds were raised (air-dried, organically, with no antibiotics, hormones and such).
Jay Weston: Jidori Chicken -- A Soulful Bird! Robata-Ya Is Where to Find it 2010
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