ventilative

American  

[ven-tl-ey-tiv] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪ tɪv /

adjective

1. promoting or producing ventilation.

2. of or relating to ventilation.

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Other Word Forms

• nonventilative adjective

Etymology

Origin of ventilative

First recorded in 1785–95; ventilate + -ive

Example Sentences

“The jury’s still out on some of that. When you breath there’s still a ventilative hole right there,” Payton noted.

From Washington Times

According to the North’s state-run media, the Athletic Apparatus Institute of the North’s Sports Science Academy has developed a new type of marathon shoes, which weigh a mere 139 grams and have soles made of elastic materials with outer rims of “flexible and ventilative materials.”

From Washington Times