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ventilators

ventilators is the plural of ventilator.

Meaning of ventilator

Noun

ventilator (plural ventilators)

  1. A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.
  2. A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.
    • Near-synonym: respirator
    Synonyms:
    respirator
  3. (figuratively) Some behaviour or happening that relieves a tense atmosphere or situation.
    • A lover's quarrel is made up of jealousies, doubts, hopes, fears, and all sorts of fantastic fancies: a matrimonial dispute, on the contrary, is composed of familiar and ordinary matter, a sort of ventilator to the temper!1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Act of Parliament”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 188
  4. (obsolete, slang) A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.

Phrases with ventilators

Questions about ventilators

What is ventilators the plural of?
Ventilators is the plural of ventilator.

Words near ventilators in the dictionary

  1. ventilation shaft
  2. ventilation shafts
  3. ventilations
  4. ventilative
  5. ventilator
  6. ventilators
  7. ventilatory
  8. ventile
  9. ventiles
  10. ventilometer
  11. ventilometers

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