silica gel
noun
: colloidal silica resembling coarse white sand in appearance but possessing many fine pores and therefore extremely adsorbent
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If you're limited in storage places and humidity is a risk, consider placing your brushes in an airtight container or even with silica gel packs to help stave off mold and mildew.
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Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 25 Feb. 2026
To coax evaporated water from the air by the gallons, engineers condense water using vapor-compression refrigeration — essentially, the cold-drink condensation method — or deploy sorbent materials to suck up the air’s water, what’s at the core fancier versions of silica gel desiccants.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Little rolls of film, no bigger than hockey pucks, sat inside a large glass pot, under a lid, together with silica gel.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
It’s made with flexible silica gel and has slip-resistant edges.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
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Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 25 Feb. 2026
To coax evaporated water from the air by the gallons, engineers condense water using vapor-compression refrigeration — essentially, the cold-drink condensation method — or deploy sorbent materials to suck up the air’s water, what’s at the core fancier versions of silica gel desiccants.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Little rolls of film, no bigger than hockey pucks, sat inside a large glass pot, under a lid, together with silica gel.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
It’s made with flexible silica gel and has slip-resistant edges.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for silica gel
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“Silica gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silica%20gel. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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