Meaning

4 senses
  1. A device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air.

    Lüfter

    вентиля́торventiljátor

    a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air

  2. A machine that moves breathable air into and out of the lungs of a patient who is unable to breathe sufficiently.

    Near-synonym: respirator

    Beatmungsgerät

  3. (figuratively)Some behaviour or happening that relieves a tense atmosphere or situation.

  4. (obsolete, slang)A play or an actor so bad as to empty the theater.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Tom has been on a ventilator since October.

  2. Several other groups are working on low-cost ventilators.

  3. He is now breathing with the help of a ventilator.

  4. They refuse to allocate enough funds to buy new ventilators.

  5. The supply of masks and ventilators is either gone or quickly diminishing.

    deDer Vorrat an Masken und Beatmungsgeräten geht, wo es nicht schon passiert ist, schnell zur Neige. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air:
medicine: machine to help breathing:

Origin

From ventilate + -or; cf. Latin ventilator.

From ventilate + -or; cf. Latin ventilator.

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Forms

plural: ventilators
Singularventilator
Pluralventilators

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure:breathing devicebreathing apparatusbreathing machine

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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