Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
thermantidote — noun /θɜːˈmæntɪdəʊt/ An antidote to heat, especially a rotating fan attached to a window. I felt the hair lift at the back of my head, and my heart thump like a thermantidote paddle … Wiktionary
thermantidote — therm·antidote … English syllables
thermantidote — n. air cooling apparatus … Dictionary of difficult words
thermantidote — ˌthərm+ noun Etymology: therm + antidote : a device used in India for circulating and cooling the air and consisting essentially of a kind of rotating wheel fitted in a window and encased in wet tatties … Useful english dictionary
blower — Synonyms and related words: Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Texan, aerator, air conditioner, air cooler, air filter, air passage, bellows, big mouth, blowgun, blowhard, blowpipe, blowtube, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, braggart, cooling system … Moby Thesaurus
fan — Synonyms and related words: Maecenas, V, abettor, adherent, admirer, advocate, aerate, aerator, aficionado, agitate, air, air conditioner, air cooler, air filter, air out, air passage, air condition, air cool, airify, airscrew, amateur, angel,… … Moby Thesaurus
ventilator — Synonyms and related words: aerator, air conditioner, air cooler, air duct, air filter, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, blower, blowhole, breathing hole, chiller, cold pack, cooler, cooling system, electric fan, exhaust fan,… … Moby Thesaurus
fan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fanner, blower, winnower, flabellum, ventilator; wind; informal, devotee, follower, enthusiast, supporter, rooter (sl.), addict (sl.), groupie (sl.). See activity. v. t. blow, winnow, cool, refresh,… … English dictionary for students
fan — I n 1. blower, air conditioner, air cooler, ven 395tilator, aerator; palm leaf, flabellum, (both esp. in India) punkah, thermantidote. v 2. ventilate, air, aerate; air condition, air cool; cool, chill, refrigerate; winnow, blow upon, stir up a… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
fan — [n1] blower of air air conditioner, blade, draft, flabellum, leaf, palm leaf, propeller, thermantidote, vane, ventilator, windmill; concept 463 fan [n2] person enthusiastic about an interest addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, buff,… … New thesaurus
