blowhole
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbləʊhəʊl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
blowhole (plural blowholes)
- (marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
- (marine biology) A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
- (geology) 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.
- (geology) A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
- (metallurgy) An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
- (computer hardware) A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
Translations
spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
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A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, that leads to a marine cave from which wave water and/or bursts of air are expelled.
vent for the escape of steam or other gas
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unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
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Verb
blowhole (third-person singular simple present blowholes, present participle blowholing, simple past and past participle blowholed)
- (metallurgy, transitive, intransitive) To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
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