blowhole
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blowhole
- /ˈbləʊhəʊl/
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From blow + hole.
noun blowholes
- The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
- A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
- A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
- A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
- An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
- A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
verb blowholes · blowholing · blowholed
- To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
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noun spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
| Español | espiráculo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 噴氣孔 /喷气孔 pēnqìkǒng |
| Português | espiráculo, respiradouro |
| Français | évent |
| Deutsch | Blasloch |
| Italiano | sfiatatoio |
| Ελληνικά | φυσητήρας fysitíras |
| Русский | ды́хало dýxalo |
noun A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, that leads to a marine cave from which wave water and/or bursts of air are expelled.
| 中文 | 吹蝕穴 /吹蚀穴 chuīshíxué |
|---|
noun vent for the escape of steam or other gas
| 中文 | 噴氣孔 /喷气孔 pēnqìkǒng |
|---|---|
| Português | respiradouro |
| Italiano | sfiatatoio |
| Русский | отду́шина otdúšina, вентиляцио́нное отве́рстие ventiljaciónnoje otvérstije |
noun unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
| Deutsch | Lunker |
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@misc{blowhole_2026,
title = {blowhole},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blowhole},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
