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blower
n. bellows, machine for blowing air


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Blower
Blower may refer to:Blower (fish), a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West IndiesUSS Blower (SS-325), a submarine of the United States Navya ducted mechanical fan, especially when used in a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systema supercharger on an internal-combustion enginea device to increase the draught of a locomotive (see blastpipe)the telephone, for which the blower is a slang term, especially in the United KingdomHeterodon platirhinos, a non-venomous snake found in the United States.
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blower
Noun
1. a device that produces a current of air
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) hand blower, blow dryer, blow drier, hair dryer, hair drier
(derivation) blow
2. a fan run by an electric motor
(synonym) electric fan
(hypernym) fan
(part-meronym) electric motor
(derivation) blow
3. a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
(synonym) bellows
(hypernym) mechanical device
(derivation) blow
4. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
(synonym) cetacean, cetacean mammal
(hypernym) aquatic mammal
(hyponym) whale
(member-holonym) Cetacea, order Cetacea
(part-meronym) fluke


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Blower
(n.)
The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.
  
 
(n.)
One who, or that which, blows.
  
 
(n.)
A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
  
 
(n.)
A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.
  
 
(n.)
A braggart, or loud talker.
  
 
(n.)
A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
  

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