Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vent

/vɛnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
vent
IPA
/vɛnt/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.

noun

A small aperture.

noun

An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.

noun

A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.

noun

The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.

noun

A slit in the seam of a garment.

noun

The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.

noun

In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂weh₁-, vent, ventus, éventer, vente, vendo

Usage

Inflected Forms

vents (plural) vents (present, singular) venting (participle, present) vented (participle, past) vented (past)

Derived Forms

thermovent ventage venthole ventipane ventless misvent overvent undervent ventable venting vented

Phrases

air admittance vent air vent fissure vent give vent to hydrothermal vent O'Shea's vent barnacle pie vent ridge vent

Frequently Paired Words

seal vent one's gall vent one's spleen

Synonyms

outlet touch hole let off steam release venthole vent-hole blowhole volcano

Rhymes With

went event sent percent spent meant non-event cent prevent rent represent extent

Questions

How do you pronounce vent?
The recorded pronunciation is /vɛnt/.
What does vent mean?
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
Where does vent come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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