Meanings
nounblowhole (plural blowholes)
plural blowholes
- engineeringAn unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
verbblowhole (third-person singular simple present blowholes, present participle blowholing, simple past and past participle blowholed)
present singular third person blowholes · participle present blowholing · participle past blowholed · past blowholed
- ambitransitiveengineeringTo fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek φυσητήρ
- φυσητήρ (phusētḗr)spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Bulgarian отдушник, шупла
- отдушник (otdušnik)vent for the escape of steam or other gas
- шупла (šupla)unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
Catalan espiracle
- espiraclespiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Chinese Mandarin 噴氣孔 /喷气孔, 吹蝕穴 /吹蚀穴
- 噴氣孔 /喷气孔 (pēnqìkǒng)spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- 吹蝕穴 /吹蚀穴 (chuīshíxué)A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, that leads to a marine cave from which wave water and/or bursts of air are expelled.
- 噴氣孔 /喷气孔 (pēnqìkǒng)vent for the escape of steam or other gas
Dutch gietblaas, gietgal
- gietblaasunintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
- gietgalunintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
Finnish ilmareikä, hengitysaukko
- ilmareikäspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- hengitysaukkospiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- kaasuonkalovent for the escape of steam or other gas
- ilmakuplaunintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
- ilmareikäunintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
French évent
- éventspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
German Blasloch, Lunker
- Blaslochspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- Lunkerunintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
Greek φυσητήρας
- φυσητήρας (fysitíras)spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Icelandic blásturshola, blástursop
- blástursholaspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- blástursopspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Irish poll séidte
- poll séidtespiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Italian sfiatatoio, sfiatatoio
- sfiatatoiospiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- sfiatatoiovent for the escape of steam or other gas
Māori tāpihapiha, piha
- tāpihapihaspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- pihaspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- pihapihaspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Polish nozdrze, otwór nosowy
- nozdrzespiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- otwór nosowyspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Portuguese espiráculo, respiradouro
- espiráculospiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- respiradourospiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- respiradourovent for the escape of steam or other gas
Russian ды́хало, отду́шина
- ды́хало (dýxalo)spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- отду́шина (otdúšina)vent for the escape of steam or other gas
- вентиляцио́нное отве́рстие (ventiljaciónnoje otvérstije)vent for the escape of steam or other gas
Spanish espiráculo
- espiráculospiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Swedish blåshål
- blåshålspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Welsh twll chwythu, chwythdwll
- twll chwythuspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- chwythdwllspiracle through which cetaceans breathe
Yiddish בלאָזלאָך, אָטעמלאָך
- בלאָזלאָך (blozlokh)spiracle through which cetaceans breathe
- אָטעמלאָך (otemlokh)hole in sea ice through which cetaceans breathe
- בלעזל (blezl)unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product
Cite this entry
APA
blowhole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowhole
MLA
“blowhole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowhole. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blowhole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowhole.
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