DEFLECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deflector mean? 

• DEFLECTOR (noun)
  The noun DEFLECTOR has 1 sense:

1. a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

  Familiarity information: DEFLECTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFLECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deflector" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

deflect (turn aside and away from an initial or intended course)

deflect (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)