wet dry

Both liquid conditions

Wet dry describes something designed to handle both wet and liquid conditions and dry ones.

A wet dry vacuum cleans up spilled water as well as dust and debris.

Wet dry sandpaper can be used with water or without.

I need to pick up a wet dry vac for the basement.

Related

humid · dehydrated · towel · rain · desert · dripping · soggy · wrung out · crisp · saturated · thirsty · drenched · withered · moisture · drought · sponge · sun-baked · waterlogged

Opposites
functional versatility

wet drysingle-use

For one application only

specialized · dedicated · restricted

environmental adaptability

wet dryunadaptable

Cannot modify to fit

inflexible

Family

wet, dry, wets, wetting, wetted, wetness, wetter, wettest, wetland

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G