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blister

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Meaning

  1. noun A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
  2. noun A swelling on a plant.
  3. noun Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
  4. noun A bubble, as on a painted surface.
  5. noun An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
  6. noun A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
    blister card
  7. noun A cause of annoyance.
  8. noun A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

blistered blistering blisters blistery

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