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blowholes

blowholes is the plural of blowhole.

blowholes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blowhole.

Meaning of blowhole

Noun

blowhole (plural blowholes)

  1. (marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
  2. A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
  3. 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. A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
  5. An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
  6. A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.

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Questions about blowholes

What is blowholes the plural of?
Blowholes is the plural of blowhole.

Words near blowholes in the dictionary

  1. blowguns
  2. blowhard
  3. blowhards
  4. blowhole
  5. blowholed
  6. blowholes
  7. blowholing
  8. blowhorn
  9. blowhorns
  10. Blowick
  11. blowie

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