Definitions of blowhole [ˈbloʊˌhoʊl]

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Definition of 'blowhole'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) blowhole
either of two nostrils or spiracles, or a single one, at the top of the head in whales and dolphins, through which they breathe.

2. blowhole
a hole in the ice to which whales or seals come to breathe.

3. blowhole
a defect in metal caused by the escape of gas.

Etymology: (1685–95)

Definition of 'blowhole'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blowhole
the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull

2. (noun) vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole
a hole for the escape of gas or air

Definition of 'blowhole'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) blowhole
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. (noun) blowhole
a nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean

3. (noun) blowhole
a hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe

4. (noun) blowhole
an air hole in a casting

Translation of 'blowhole'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a breathing-hole (through the ice for seals etc) or a nostril (especially on the head of a whale etc).
Afrikaans: luggat	Arabic: مَنْفَذُ هَواء	Bulgarian: ноздра
Brazilian: respiradouro	Czech: větrací/dýchací otvor; no	German: das Luftloch
Danish: åndehul	Greek: τρύπα μέσα στους πάγους α	Spanish: respiradero; orificio nas
Estonian: hingamisauk, hingamisava	Farsi: سوراخ بینی نهنگ؛ سوراخی د	Finnish: hengitysaukko
French: évent	Hebrew: פֶּתַח נְשִימָה	Hindi: वात-छिद्र
Croatian: rupa	Hungarian: szelelőlyuk	Indonesian: lubang pernapasan pada ik
Icelandic: öndunarop; blástursop	Italian: sfiatatoio	Japanese: 噴気孔
Korean: 통풍구	Lithuanian: kvėpuojamoji anga	Latvian: āliņģis; (vaļu u.tml.) nā
Malay: lubang hembus	Dutch: wak, spuitgat	Norwegian: pustehull,åndehull
Polish: otwór wentylacyjny	Persian: سوراخ بینی نهنگ؛ سوراخی د	Pashto: د نهنګ د پزی سوری، دتی لر
Portuguese: respiradouro	Romanian: gură de aerisire	Russian: дыхало, отдушина
Slovak: vetrací otvor; dýchací ot	Slovenian: zračni kanal	Serbian: nozdrva
Swedish: andningshål, blåshål, spr	Thai: ช่องหายใจของปลาวาฬ	Turkish: hava deliği, nefeslik
Taiwanese: (海豹在浮冰上所鑿的)呼吸孔，鯨魚的噴氣孔	Ukrainian: вентилятор, дихало	Urdu: سانس لینے کا سوراخ
Vietnamese: lỗ phun nước (cá voi); lỗ	Chinese: （供海豹等呼吸的）冰窟窿，鲸头顶的呼吸孔
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