Meaning

6 senses
  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  2. (US, countable, uncountable)The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

    Dampf

    парpar, газgaz

    па́раpára, парpar

  3. (US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable)Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

  4. (US, countable, dated, uncountable)Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

  5. (US, archaic, countable, in the plural, uncountable)Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.

  6. (US, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Wind; flatulence.

More definitions
  • a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
  • the process of becoming a vapor

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Gaseous water is known as "vapor".

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  2. Clouds are accumulations of water vapor.

    ruОблака — это скопления водяного пара.

    deWolken sind Anhäufungen von Wasserdampf.

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  3. He was poisoned by mercury vapor.

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  4. A cloud is a mass of vapor.

    ruОблако - это скопление пара.

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  5. Chemical vapors can make you really sick.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid:
Русский
By meaning 1
the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid:

Origin

From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (

From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).

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