Blowtube

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.).
  • n. A blowgun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A blowgun.
  • n. A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles.
  • n. A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of “metal” (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hollow iron rod, from 5 to 6 feet long, by blowing through which a glass-blower expands the semi-fluid metal gathered on its further end while shaping it on the marver.
  • n. Same as blow-gun.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
  • n. a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
  • n. a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
  • n. a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tube    tubing   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blowgun