blowoff
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.64 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
noun
The act of blowing off (steam, water, atmosphere, etc.)
noun
The removal of excess foam and carbon dioxide from the fermentation vessel during the active fermentation stage.
noun
A period of rapid and usually unsustainable increase (or, sometimes, decrease) in market prices.
noun
A curt or uninterested dismissal; a failure to respond adequately.
Example Sentences
- "It is evident that if the outlet pipes were only of the same total area as the blowoff from the boiler the pressure in the tank would very soon equal that in the boiler ."
- "However, the cirrus blowoff from the top of the cumulonimbus clouds indicates an easterly component, or less of a westerly component, in the upper troposphere."
- "Often the blowoff from numerous thunderstorms combine to form an extensive cirrostratus shield as seen at D in Figure 39"
- "All blowoffs were effected by slowly decreasing the burner pressure at intervals of air temperature, airflow, and fuel flow."
- "Some investigators claim that snow blowoff from cropland in prairie areas not protected by shelterbelts may be as much as 50 to 75 percent (Gorshenin et al. 1934), and, as a consequence, protected fields get 2½ to 3 times as much moisture from snow as unprotected land."
- "Some of you will argue this point because you've used it for everything, everything but the only purpose for bottom blowoff."
Etymology
Usage
- Colloquial
- British usage
- Slang