humidifier
noun
hu·mid·i·fi·er
hyü-ˈmi-də-ˌfī(-ə)r 
yü-
: a device for supplying or maintaining humidity
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For best results, Oliver recommends monitoring your home’s humidity level with a hygrometer and adjusting your humidifier use accordingly.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
To maintain the high humidity a fiddle leaf fig prefers, mist the plant’s leaves or set up a humidifier, especially if the air in your house is dry during winter.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Indoors, a humidifier helps keep air moist and plants from drying out.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Bestsellers like Levoit air purifiers and humidifiers or Shark vacuums (this one ranks as a number one best seller in the upright vacuums category).
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
To maintain the high humidity a fiddle leaf fig prefers, mist the plant’s leaves or set up a humidifier, especially if the air in your house is dry during winter.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Indoors, a humidifier helps keep air moist and plants from drying out.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
Bestsellers like Levoit air purifiers and humidifiers or Shark vacuums (this one ranks as a number one best seller in the upright vacuums category).
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humidifier
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“Humidifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humidifier. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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humidifier
noun
hu·mid·i·fi·er
hyü-ˈmid-ə-ˌfī(-ə)r, yü-
: a device for supplying or maintaining humidity
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