blower

[ bloh-er ]

/ ˈbloʊ ər /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for blower on Thesaurus.com

noun

a person or thing that blows.

a machine for supplying air at a moderate pressure, as to supply forced drafts or supercharge and scavenge diesel engines.

snow blower.

Mining. a jet of firedamp issuing from a crevice.

Slang. a braggart.

supercharger.

Chiefly British Slang. a telephone.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of blower

before 900; Middle English; Old English. See blow², -er¹

Words nearby blower

blow-comb, blowdown, blow-dry, blow-dryer, blowed, blower, blowfish, blow fly, blowgun, blow-hard, blowhole

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use blower in a sentence

The leaf blower function is more powerful than the vacuum option.
Best leaf vacuum: With our picks for yard maintenance, you’ll have a clean lawn in the bag|Billy Cadden|July 21, 2021|Popular-Science
This guide will take you through the main points to consider while buying a leaf blower while offering up our leaf blower reviews.
Best leaf blower to tame your wild yard|empire|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science
Most new workers start out at $12 an hour and will work in helper roles for years before they will land the most coveted positions like finisher, who attaches handles and makes other final touches, and blowers.
How a mythical backwoods monster saved a struggling West Virginia glass company|Molly Born|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
Until, that is, modern humans brought their leaf blowers to the concert hall.
Underwater Noise Pollution Is Disrupting Ocean Life—But We Can Fix It|Aryn Baker|February 5, 2021|Time

Days were filled skiing bottomless powder runs, thanks to a blower storm that preceded our arrival by only a few hours.
Why and how to plan next season’s epic ski trip|Rachel Walker|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
A lot of us Republicans are having trouble getting the leaf blower started.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That tells us he may have been more than just a “whistle-blower.”
Snowden’s Beijing Benefactors?|Gordon G. Chang|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beijing, it appears, was able to cover its tracks while obtaining information from the so-called whistle-blower.
Snowden’s Beijing Benefactors?|Gordon G. Chang|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her prior experience as a Wall Street whistle-blower had not left her desirous of more tumultuous press attention.
Noreen Harrington: The Mets’ Madoff Whistle-Blower|Michael Daly|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The difference between a leaker and a whistle-blower is important.
Obama Is Right to Prosecute Leakers Who Are Not the Same as Whistle-Blowers|Matthew Miller|March 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Master of the air; for he had given a kind of lungs to the wind, and changed the rude draught into a useful blower.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
Good flute worth more dan ten pounds; rale good blower like dat worth twenty at de bery least.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
If you refuse to wrestle, I will brand you as a blower and a braggart—a fellow not fit to be accepted in the society of gentlemen.
Frank Merriwell's Races|Burt L. Standish
Put a platter under it or a dripping pan, and put the blower up in front of it.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery|Juliet Corson
If the walls are very thin, a glass-blower's knife should be used instead of a file.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing|Bernard D. Bolas

British Dictionary definitions for blower

blower

/ (ˈbləʊə) /

noun

a mechanical device, such as a fan, that blows

a low-pressure rotary compressor, esp in a furnace or internal-combustion engineSee also supercharger

an informal name for telephone

an informal name for speaking tube

an informal name for a whale 1

mining a discharge of firedamp from a crevice

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

blower

Origin of blower

Words nearby blower

Words related to blower

How to use blower in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for blower