blower

blow·er  (blr)

n.

1. One that blows, especially a mechanical device, such as a fan, that produces a current of air.

2. Slang A braggart.

3. Chiefly British Slang A telephone.

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blower [ˈbləʊə]

n

1. a mechanical device, such as a fan, that blows

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a low-pressure rotary compressor, esp in a furnace or internal-combustion engine See also supercharger

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) an informal name for telephone

4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) an informal name for speaking tube

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an informal name for a whale

6. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining a discharge of firedamp from a crevice

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blower - a device that produces a current of air bellows - a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower - a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
	2.	blower - a fan run by an electric motor       electric fan electric motor - a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work fan - a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces fan blade - blade of a rotating fan hub - the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
	3.	blower - large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals cetacean, cetacean mammal aquatic mammal - whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals Cetacea, order Cetacea - an order of Eutheria whale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head fluke - either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean blowhole - the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull pod - a group of aquatic mammals

Translations

blower [ˈbləʊəʳ] N (Brit) (= telephone) → teléfono m
who's on the blower? → ¿con quién hablas?
get on the blower to them → dales un toque(por teléfono)

blower

n

(= device) → Gebläse nt

(= glass blower) → Glasbläser m

(Brit inf: = telephone) → Telefon nt; to be on the blower → an der Strippe hängen (inf); to get on the blower to somebody → jdn anrufen

blower [ˈbləʊəʳ] n (fam) → telefono

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blower [ˈbləʊəʳ] n (fam) → telefono