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fume hoods

fume hoods is the plural of fume hood.

Meaning of fume hood

Noun

fume hood (plural fume hoods)

  1. A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.
    • He turned the downstairs drawing room into a lab, installing a furnace, crucible, and fume hood, and stocking it with hundreds of beakers, flasks, pipes, and balances.2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about fume hoods

What is fume hoods the plural of?
Fume hoods is the plural of fume hood.

Words near fume hoods in the dictionary

  1. fume cupboard
  2. fume cupboards
  3. fume date
  4. fume dates
  5. fume hood
  6. fume hoods
  7. fumed
  8. fumed oak
  9. fumehood
  10. fumehoods
  11. fumeless

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