air conditioner

noun

1. an air-conditioning device.

Word History and Origins

Origin of air conditioner¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Johnstone said that in some of the hottest areas of the venue, fans and mobile air conditioners had been stolen.

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A small air conditioner mounted in a window struggled to keep the room cool.

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That was over the summer, so he turned off the air conditioner, began freeze-drying bulk food purchases rather than storing them in his electric freezer, and started shutting off his lights more often.

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He spent his adolescence in Palm Springs, a town with “a thousand swimming pools and the constant hum of air conditioners,” in a basement apartment near the freeway.

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Worse, his air conditioner broke last month and the $14,000 that Mahan spent replacing it — along with a costly filter he needs for allergies — pretty much wiped out his emergency fund.

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