About The Word Blowhole
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Blowhole
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What's The Definition Of Blowhole?
[n] a hole for the escape of gas or air
[n] the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull Synonyms | Synonyms for Blowhole: vent | venthole Related Terms | Find terms related to Blowhole: air duct | air hole | air passage | air shaft | air tube | airway | armhole | avenue | breathing hole | bullet-hole | bunghole | channel | chute | cringle | deadeye | debouch | door | egress | emunctory | escape | estuary | exhaust | exit | eye | eyelet | floodgate | flume | gasket | grommet | guide | keyhole | knothole | loop | loophole | louver | louverwork | manhole | mousehole | naris | nostril | opening | out | outcome | outfall | outgate | outgo | outlet | peephole | pigeonhole | pinhole | placket | placket hole | pore | port | porthole | punch-hole | sally port | shaft | sluice | spilehole | spiracle | spout | tap | touchhole | transom | vent | ventage | venthole | ventiduct | ventilating shaft | ventilator | vomitory | way out | weir | wind tunnel See Also | air duct | air passage | airway | blower | cetacean | cetacean mammal | hole | smoke hole | spiracle Blowhole In Webster's Dictionary \Blow"hole`\, n.
1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the
air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in
with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the
extremity.
2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or
other cetacean.
Note: There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common
whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc.
3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to
breathe.
4. (Founding) An air hole in a casting.
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