breather
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breather
- /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -iːðə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From breathe + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
noun breathers
- Something or someone that breathes.
- A heavy breather. Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility.
- A short break; a rest or respite. After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
- A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
- That which puts one out of breath, such as vigorous exercise.
- An air inlet path to the crankcase
Similar: moratorium, recess
