English Explanatory Dictionary

blower

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who blows.
  2. A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
  3. Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
  4. A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
  5. Telephone.
  6. A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
  7. A braggart, or loud talker.
  8. The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
  9. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
  10. A gun.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Pronunciation

/ˈbləʊ.ə/ /ˈbloʊ.ɚ/ En-au-blower.ogg

Word forms

blower blowers

Etymology

From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er.

Synonyms

feeder

Related words

blowpipe

Derived words

blower door chunk-blower hornblower mindblower safeblower smoke-blower smoke blower snowblower stoneblower whistle-blower

Translations

Bulgarian: духало Bulgarian: вентилатор Chinese Mandarin: 鼓風機 /鼓风机 Czech: fukar Finnish: puhallin French: ventilateur German: Gebläse German: Bläser German: Lüfter German: Ventilator German: Föhn (hairdryer) Hebrew: מפוח Irish: séidire Japanese: ブロワー Polish: dmuchawa Portuguese: soprador Russian: фен Russian: вентиля́тор Russian: воздуходу́вка Spanish: fuelle Spanish: ventilador Ukrainian: фен Ukrainian: вентиля́тор Ukrainian: повітроду́вка Welsh: chwythwr
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