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How to pronounce “blowhole”
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Pronunciation guide for blowhole
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of blowhole with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims 20 minutes
and it was splattering oil out its blowhole.
- Definition summary
- (marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
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How to pronounce blowhole
Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victims 20 minutes
and it was splattering oil out its blowhole.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “blowhole”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (marine biology) The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
- (marine biology) A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.
- (geology) A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled.
- (geology) A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.
- (metallurgy) An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
- (computer hardware) A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
- [Verb]
- (metallurgy, ambitransitive) To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
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