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VAPORIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vaporizer mean?
• VAPORIZER (noun)
The noun VAPORIZER has 1 sense:
1. a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)
Familiarity information: VAPORIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
vaporiser; vaporizer
Hypernyms ("vaporizer" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Context examples
Water can help ease your cough - whether you drink it or add it to the air with a steamy shower or vaporizer.
(Cough, NIH)
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