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51vent — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY An opening in the Earth s surface through which magma erupts or volcanic gases are emitted. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A surface opening through which volcanogenic materials are erupted (Davidson and DeSilva,… …
52vent — vent1 noun 1》 an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space. ↘the opening of a volcano, through which lava and other materials are emitted. ↘chiefly Scottish a flue of a chimney. 2》 (usu. in phr. give… …
53vent — I. n. 1. Opening, hole, vent hole. 2. Spiracle, air tube, air pipe, blow hole. 3. (Ornith.) Anus. 4. (Arch.) Crenelle, loop hole. 5. Emission, passage, outlet, escape, effusion. 6 …
54vent — 1. noun an air vent Syn: duct, flue, shaft, well, passage, airway; outlet, inlet, opening, aperture, hole, gap, orifice 2. verb the crowd vented their fury on the police Syn: release …
55vent — A small aperture designed to provide an outlet from a confined space or a inlet into it. Air vents (which are also used for heating and are sometimes called louvres ) are usually situated at the top of the dashboard pointing upward toward the… …
56vent — English has two words vent. The verb, ‘provide with an outlet’ [14], came via Old French esventer from Vulgar Latin *exventāre ‘let out air’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ex ‘out’ and ventum ‘wind’ (source also of English …
57vent|er — ven|ter1 «VEHN tuhr», noun. 1. a) the abdomen; belly. b) the part of lower forms of animal life corresponding to the belly in function or position. 2. a) the belly of a bone. b) Obsolete. the thick, fleshy part of a muscle. 3. Obsolete. the… …
58Vent. — Étienne Pierre Ventenat Étienne Pierre Ventenat, né à Limoges le 1er mars 1757 et mort à Paris le 13 août 1808, est un botaniste français. Biographie Il entre d’abord dans les ordres et devient le directeur de la bibliothèque ecclésiastique… …
59vent — 1. noun /vɛnt/ a) An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. b) The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. 2. verb /vɛnt/ a) …
60vent — Synonyms and related words: air, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, announce, aperture, armhole, articulate, articulation, assert, avenue, blow, blow out, blowhole, blurt out, break, break it to, break the news,… …
