VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / ventilator

Thesaurus: ventilator

A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

airdefinitioncontrivancedefinitionfouldefinitionfreshdefinitionventilationdefinitionapartmentdefinitiondevicedefinitiondrawingdefinitioneffectingdefinitionexpellingdefinitionintroducingdefinitionmachinedefinitionplacedefinitionpuredefinitionexpelsdefinitionfandefinitionintroducesdefinitionstagnantdefinitionbreathingdefinitioncasesdefinitionfacilitatesdefinitionfailuredefinitionrespiratorydefinitionventilatefamilyventilatedfamilyventilatesfamilyventilatingfamilyventilating systemfamily

Definitions

  1. n. A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
  2. n. a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air
  3. n. a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure
  4. A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
  5. A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, acontrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnantair from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which isfresh and pure.
  6. n:100 n. a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air