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ventages

ventages is the plural of ventage.

Meaning of ventage

Noun

ventage (countable and uncountable, plural ventages)

  1. (countable) A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument.
    • Govern these ventages with
      your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your
      mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. Venting (the act by which something is vented)
    • In some Madras examples which have been successful, the ventage in the under-sluices is about the same as that in the head-sluices above them.1893, Robert Burton Buckley, Irrigation Works in India and Egypt, page 164

Questions about ventages

What is ventages the plural of?
Ventages is the plural of ventage.

Words near ventages in the dictionary

  1. vent-pieces
  2. venta
  3. Venta de Baños
  4. ventable
  5. ventage
  6. ventages
  7. ventail
  8. ventaile
  9. ventailes
  10. ventaille
  11. ventailles

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