blower

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbləʊ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbloʊ.ɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ) === Noun === blower (plural blowers) A person who blows. Hyponyms: glassblower, whistleblower (mining) A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years. Synonym: feeder Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger. Hyponyms: bubble blower, dry blower, leaf blower, party blower, snow blower, soot blower, tear blower A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system. (slang, chiefly British, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, usually preceded by the) Telephone. (slang, UK, Ireland, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker. (dated) A braggart, or loud talker. (nautical) The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer. (US, slang) A gun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== (equipment blowing air to fire): blowpipe ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Bowler, Wrobel, bowler, worble == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English blower. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈblowər/ [ˈblo.wər] Rhymes: -owər Syllabification: blo‧wer === Noun === blowêr (plural blower-blower) blower: a ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system === Further reading === “blower”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === blower alternative form of blowere == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English blower. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbloweɾ/ [ˈblo.weɾ] Rhymes: -oweɾ Syllabification: blo‧wer === Noun === blower m (plural bloweres) (Puerto Rico) hair dryer === Further reading === “blower”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010