airflow
Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoilAny flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
the flow of air
Examples
2 sentencesCOPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs.
Consonants are speech sounds produced by obstructing or restricting the airflow in the vocal tract.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From air + flow.From air + flow.
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Forms
plural: airflowsSynonyms
2 synonyms- the flow of air:air flowflow of air
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.