Helen Fenton

Aerator: Definition and part of speech

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Aerator

  1. n. That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aeration: Definition and part of speech

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Aeration

  1. n. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
  2. n. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
  3. n. A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aerate: Definition and part of speech

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Aerate

  1. v. t. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
  2. v. t. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
  3. v. t. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aeon: Definition and part of speech

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Aeon

  1. n. A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
  2. n. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.