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Blower
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What's The Definition Of Blower?
[n] large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
[n] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely [n] a device that produces a current of air [n] a fan run by an electric motor Synonyms | Synonyms for Blower: bellows | cetacean | cetacean mammal | electric fan Related Terms | Find terms related to Blower: aerator | air conditioner | air cooler | air filter | air passage | bellows | big mouth | blowgun | blowhard | blowpipe | blowtube | blusterer | boaster | brag | braggadocio | braggart | Captain Bobadil | cooling system | electric fan | exhaust fan | fan | fanfaron | flabellum | gasbag | Gascon | gasconader | hector | hot-air artist | miles gloriosus | punkah | rodomontade | Texan | thermantidote | ventilator | windbag | windcatcher | windjammer | windsail | windscoop | windy See Also | aquatic mammal | blow drier | blow dryer | blowhole | Cetacea | device | electric motor | fan | fan blade | fluke | hair drier | hair dryer | hand blower | hub | mechanical device | order Cetacea | pod | whale Blower In Webster's Dictionary \Blow"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
2. (Mech.) 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.
3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
5. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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