NOUN | artifact | blower | a device that produces a current of air |
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artifact | blower, electric fan | a fan run by an electric motor | |
animal | blower, cetacean, cetacean mammal | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including |
Sounds | blow'er | |
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Rhymes | borrower ... widower: 18 rhymes with ower... |
Meaning | A device that produces a current of air. | |
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Narrower | bellows | A mechanical device that blows / blows a strong current of air |
hand blower, blow dryer, blow drier, hair dryer, hair drier | A hand-held electric blower that can blow / blow warm air onto the hair | |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
Spanish | soplador, ventilador | |
Verbs | blow | cause to move by means of an air current |
blow | cause air to go in, on, or through |
Meaning | A fan run by an electric motor. | |
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Synonym | electric fan | |
Parts | electric motor | A motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
fan blade | blade of a rotating fan | |
hub | The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes | |
Broader | fan | A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces |
Spanish | ventilador | |
Verbs | blow | cause to move by means of an air current |
blow | cause air to go in, on, or through |
Meaning | large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals. | |
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Synonyms | cetacean, cetacean mammal | |
Member of | Cetacea, order Cetacea | An order of Eutheria |
pod | A group of aquatic mammals | |
Parts | blowhole | The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull |
fluke | Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean | |
Narrower | whale | Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
Broader | aquatic mammal | whales and dolphins |
Spanish | cetáceo, cetáceos | |
Catalan | cetaci |
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