EXPECTORATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expectorator mean? 

• EXPECTORATOR (noun)
  The noun EXPECTORATOR has 2 senses:

1. a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

2. a medicine promoting expectoration

  Familiarity information: EXPECTORATOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPECTORATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

expectorator; spitter

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A medicine promoting expectoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

expectorant; expectorator

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

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expectorator"):

Robitussin (trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up)