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blowhole

noun
/ˈbləʊhəʊl/

Etymology

From blow + hole.

  1. derived from van Hole
  2. derived from hóll
  3. borrowed from Hole
  4. derived from *hulwiją✻
  5. derived from *hulwī✻
  6. derived from holh
  7. compounded as blowhole — “blow + hole”

Definitions

  1. The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.

  2. A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe.

  3. A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a…

    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.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A vent for the escape of steam or other gas.

    2. An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.

    3. A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the…

      A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.

    4. To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at blowhole. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at blowhole. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at blowhole

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA