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Meanings of
vent-hole
in English
Portuguese
espiráculo
Catalan
respirall
Back to the meaning
A hole for the escape of gas or air.
vent
blowhole
venthole
Portuguese
espiráculo
Synonyms
Examples for "
vent
"
vent
blowhole
venthole
Examples for "
vent
"
1
The power generator I needed was in the room with the
vent
.
2
The Plumie gestured, in return, to a tiny
vent
in the suit.
3
And then the fugitives turned through a V-shaped
vent
in the canyon.
4
Well, feel better and call me if you just need to
vent
.
5
One large triangle in the
vent
of the bait was sufficient tackle.
1
Red blood spouts straight out, the way a whale clears its
blowhole
.
2
At one point, there were water spout,
blowhole
mists, just covering the horizon.
3
The Amazon River dolphin, or boto, sometimes goes further, penetrating another dolphin's
blowhole
.
4
The face's mouth and the orca's
blowhole
were the same thing.
5
I heard his breath catch, as though a pebble had clogged the
blowhole
.
1
Ventholes
for smoke were common in Nottingham, Sneinton, and
2
She circled the kiln, mudding up the spyports and
ventholes
and finally the firedoor, careful not to burn her hands.
3
From the cylinders there are connecting pipes attached to the neck of the regulator, and directed towards the
ventholes
in the windchest.
Usage of
vent-hole
in English
1
And another soldier crossed the open space before the dangerous
vent-hole
.
2
The
vent-hole
was not so important to stop, so I let it alone.
3
And the first arrivals pointed out the much-dreaded
vent-hole
to those who came after.
4
I know not what
vent-hole
daylight habitually illumined his soul.
5
At its roots was the
vent-hole
of the cave.
6
As a
vent-hole
for the envy, hatred and uncharitableness of mankind, politics cannot be overestimated.
7
The sky is but a
vent-hole
.
8
He had accomplished about two-thirds of his journey when a long, crimson flame shot forth from the
vent-hole
.
9
He tied a lantern to a rope and lowered it down what looked like an old
vent-hole
in the lava.
10
They made no sound, inclosed in the cellar as in a strong-box, obtaining air only from a small, iron-barred
vent-hole
.
11
The pie had the outlines of a star in its centre by way of a
vent-hole
;
the edges were nicely crimped.
12
This obscure
vent-hole
allows one to make out some big objects ranged along the corridor; they are low stretchers, like coffins.
13
If it had not been for a small
vent-hole
far away up in a corner, we should have been suffocated, maybe.
14
They covered the floor with Oahu mats for a carpet, stopped up the
vent-hole
in bad weather, and made it their head-quarters.
15
It was big enough to hold eight or ten men, and had a door at the side, and a
vent-hole
at top.
16
A fourth companion in captivity was unfortunately too large to pass through the
vent-hole
of the prison, and was shot by the English.
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vent-hole
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dangerous vent-hole
dread vent-hole
iron-barred vent-hole
obscure vent-hole
old vent-hole
More collocations
Translations for
vent-hole
Portuguese
espiráculo
Catalan
respirall
respirador
Vent-hole
through the time