EGAVE

blowhole

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
  2. noun A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
  3. noun A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
  4. noun A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
  5. noun An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
  6. noun A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
  7. verb To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.

Similar words

venthole vent spiracle spouthole blower bottlenose spyhop spouter blow fish branchiopore

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Word family

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