blower

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US /ˈbloʊɚ/ UK /ˈbləʊə/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
a device that produces a current of air; (British slang) a telephone

Get him on the blower and tell him we're running late.

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1 noun · a device that produces a... fan ventilator bellows blast telephone phone

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Related forms blow

Etymology

From blow + -er; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow, swell').

blāwan Old English *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# blower

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbloʊɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈbləʊə

## Meanings
1. a device that produces a current of air; (British slang) a telephone

## Examples
- Get him on the blower and tell him we're running late.

## Synonyms
- fan
- ventilator
- bellows
- blast
- telephone
- phone

## Related Forms
- blow

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blāwan
- Root: *bʰleh₁-

## Etymology
From blow + -er; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow, swell').

## AI Etymology
Blower is a noun meaning "a device that produces a current of air; (British slang) a telephone". Historically, it is from blow + -er; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow, swell'). The visible construction is part of the etymology: blower is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The modern meaning, "a device that produces a current of air; (British slang) a telephone", follows the base word through the added English ending. The historical chain links Old English blāwan with Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. A close English family member is blow.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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