Try Our Apps
Dictionary.com

follow Dictionary.com

Famous Last Words

exhalant

or exhalent

[eks-hey-luh nt, ek-sey-] /ɛksˈheɪ lənt, ɛkˈseɪ-/
adjective
1.
exhaling; emitting.
noun
2.
something that exhales, as the ducts of certain mollusks.
Origin of exhalant
Latin
1765-1775
1765-75; < Latin exhālant- (stem of exhālāns), present participle of exhālāre to exhale; see -ant
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2017.
Cite This Source
Examples from the Web for exhalant
Historical Examples
British Dictionary definitions for exhalant

exhalant

/ɛksˈheɪlənt; ɪɡˈzeɪ-/
adjective
1.
emitting a vapour or liquid; exhaling: an exhalant siphon, exhalant duct
noun
2.
an organ or vessel that emits a vapour or liquid
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cite This Source

Word of the Day

Difficulty index for exhalant

Few English speakers likely know this word

Word Value for exhalant

18
19
Scrabble Words With Friends

Nearby words for exhalant

Heartbreak