air dried

Left to dehydrate

Air dried describes something dried by exposure to open air rather than by heat, machines, or other artificial means.

The term applies to food preservation air dried beef, lumber curing, and laundry air dried on the line.

As a verb phrase, air dry means to dry this way: Let the herbs air dry for a week.

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clothesline · preserved · crisp · brittle · aged · salted · tobacco · pasta · sausage · wind · tomatoes · leathery · shrunk · meat · fruit · seasoned · hanging · rack

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drying method

air driedkiln dried

Heated to remove moisture

freeze dried · sun dried · dehydrated

moisture state

air driedwet

Saturated with liquid

damp · moist · saturated · soaked · waterlogged

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G