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BLOWHOLE
vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole
(noun) a hole for the escape of gas or air
blowhole
(noun) the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blowhole (plural blowholes)
The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
A vent for the escape of gas.
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.
(metallurgy) An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
(computer hardware) A vertical opening in the top of computer cases, that let hot air, primarily from the CPU heat sink, escape quickly.
Verb
blowhole (third-person singular simple present blowholes, present participle blowholing, simple past and past participle blowholed)
(metallurgy, ambitransitive) To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
Source: Wiktionary
Blow"hole`, n.
1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.
2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
Note: There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc.
3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.
4. (Founding)
Definition: An air hole in a casting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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