AEROSOL

aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray can

(noun) a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

aerosol

(noun) a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aerosol (plural aerosols)

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

An aerosol can.

The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.

(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

Verb

aerosol (third-person singular simple present aerosols, present participle aerosoling, simple past and past participle aerosoled)

(transitive) To spray with an aerosol.

Anagrams

• roseola

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Word of the Day

27 April 2025

APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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