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MOISTENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moistener mean? 

MOISTENER (noun)
  The noun MOISTENER has 1 sense:

1. a device that dampens or moistens somethingplay

  Familiarity information: MOISTENER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOISTENER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that dampens or moistens something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dampener; moistener

Context example:

he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them

Hypernyms ("moistener" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

moisten (make moist)


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