NOUN | artifact | aerosol can, aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol bomb, spray can | a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas) |
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Meaning | A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas). | |
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Synonyms | aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol bomb, spray can | |
Narrower | pepper spray | A nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum |
Broader | dispenser | A container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts |
Spanish | aerosol, lata de aerosol, pulverizador | |
Catalan | aerosol |
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