blower
UK/ˈbləʊ.ə/US/ˈbloʊ.ɚ/
blower noun: a person who blows.
Noun
blower (plural blowers)
- A person who blows.
- A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
- The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years1843, Humphry Davy, “On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, number 31 December 1833...
- Synonyms:
- feeder
- Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
- The locomotive […] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the blower told of the proximity of departure time.1942 July–August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208
- A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
- The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394
- Telephone.
- Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!
- I got off the blower oozing no confidence at all.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 144
- A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
- A braggart, or loud talker.
- There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires.1999, John Harmon McElroy, editor, The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War, page 29
- The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
- A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
- A gun.
Proper noun capitalized: Blower
Blower (plural Blowers)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
blower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
blower in Hindi
- ब्लोअर
blower in Tamil
- ஊதி, காற்றூதி, துருத்தி எந்திரம்
blower in Urdu
- بلوور, بلور
blower in Bengali
- ব্লোয়ার
More languagesFewer languages
- blower in Telugu
- బ్లోవర్
- blower in Malayalam
- ഊത്തുകാരൻ, ഊതാനുപയോഗിക്കുന്ന യന്ത്രം
- blower in Kannada
- ಬ್ಲೋವರ್
- blower in Gujarati
- બ્લોઅર, બ્લોવર
- blower in Odia
- ବ୍ଲୋୱାର
- blower in Sanskrit
- ध्मातृ dhmā́tṛ
- blower in Nepali
- ब्लोअर, ब्लोवर
Examples of blower in a sentence
- If a whistle blower popped up, they'd be epsteined by sundown.
- The smoke blower is set up at an open maintenance hole.
- The vuvuzela blower lives by one golden rule: never stop blowing.
Synonyms of blower
Forms of blower
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blowers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Blowers |
Origin of blower
From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er.
From blower, an occupational surname for someone who operated a bellows, or alternatively for someone who blew a horn.
Words formed from blower
Phrases with blower
Words that rhyme with blower
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Questions about blower
- What does blower mean?
- Blower means a person who blows.
- What is blower in Hindi?
- Blower in Hindi is ब्लोअर. See Blower meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blower?
- Blower can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce blower?
- Blower is pronounced /ˈbləʊ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blower?
- The plural of blower is blowers.
Words near blower in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blower (page history and authors); Blower (page history and authors); blower (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blower (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blower (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blower (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ध्मातृ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); blower (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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