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breathalyzer

/ˈbɹɛθəlaɪzɚ/

breathalyzer noun: a device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

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Noun

breathalyzer (plural breathalyzers)

  1. A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.
    • During the three day class we took one day of classroom study followed by one day of operating the breathalyzer and one day of drinking. Yes, I said drinking. […] I hated it but I got it down long enough to take the breathalyzer test. I blew a .11 on the model 900A Breathalyzer.2012, G. Douglas Ward, Memories of a Small-Town Cop, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 73

breathalyzer meaning in Tamil

breathalyzer in Tamil

குடியறி கருவி

Forms of breathalyzer

pluralbreathalyzers
alternative UKbreathalyser

Origin of breathalyzer

Blend of breath + analyzer. Originally a trademark of Smith & Wesson. Equivalent to breathalyze + -er.

Questions about breathalyzer

What does breathalyzer mean?
Breathalyzer means a device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.
What is breathalyzer in Tamil?
Breathalyzer in Tamil is குடியறி கருவி. See Breathalyzer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is breathalyzer?
Breathalyzer is a noun.
How do you pronounce breathalyzer?
Breathalyzer is pronounced /ˈbɹɛθəlaɪzɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of breathalyzer?
The plural of breathalyzer is breathalyzers.

Words near breathalyzer in the dictionary

  1. breathalysers
  2. breathalyses
  3. breathalysing
  4. breathalyze
  5. breathalyzed
  6. breathalyzer
  7. breathalyzers
  8. breathalyzes
  9. breathalyzing
  10. breatharian
  11. breatharianism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breathalyzer (page history and authors); breathalyzer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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