vent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a hole for the escape of gas or air
  2. noun external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
  3. noun a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

venthole, vent-hole, blowhole

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