blower

/ˈbloʊər/
/ˈblʌʊə/
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Other forms: blowers

Definitions of blower
  1. noun
    a device that produces a current of air
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    bellows
    a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument
    blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower
    a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
    type of:
    device
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
  2. noun
    a fan run by an electric motor
    synonyms: electric fan
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    fan
    a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
  3. noun
    a large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs and no hind limbs such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises
    synonyms: cetacean, cetacean mammal
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    whale
    any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
    baleen whale, whalebone whale
    whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
    toothed whale
    any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
    Monodon monoceros, narwal, narwhal, narwhale
    an Arctic cetacean, the male of which has a long ivory tusk
    spouter
    a spouting whale
    type of:
    aquatic mammal
    whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbloʊər/
UK
/ˈblʌʊə/
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