extractor fan
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Astrid Gillespie, a volunteer with the Friends of All Saints, said event organisers had smashed a window to put in an extractor fan unit and wired sound equipment into the church's fuse box.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2021
You can keep the door open, to let out some smoke, but cannot switch on an extractor fan.
From Economist • Apr. 5, 2018
Our classroom is the kitchen after a long day, extractor fan howling.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
It's not like other hoods, such as "neighbourhood" or "Robin Hood" or "extractor fan hood".
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2013
They finally traced the effect to an extractor fan, whose infrasonic noise happened to be “at just the right frequency to make eyeballs vibrate and so perhaps to generate visual illusions.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2012
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