spark arrester

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spark arrester

1. A device designed to keep sparks from escaping, as at a chimney opening.

2. A device used to control electric sparking at a point where a circuit is made or broken.

spark arrester (spärk)

1. A device designed to keep sparks from escaping, as at a chimney opening or where materials are being welded.

2. A device used to control or curtail electric sparking at a point where a circuit is made or broken.

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Noun	1.	spark arrester - electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
	2.	spark arrester - a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack sparker meshwork, meshing, network, mesh, net - an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

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