va·por·iz·er

[vey-puh-rahy-zer]
noun
1.
a person or thing that vaporizes.
2.
a device for turning liquid into vapor, as an atomizer, especially one that converts a medicinal substance into a vapor that is inhaled for respiratory relief.

Origin:
1840–50; vaporize + -er1

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vaporizer or vaporiser (ˈveɪpəˌraɪzə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a substance that vaporizes or a device that causes vaporization
2.  med a device that produces steam or atomizes medication for inhalation
 
vaporiser or vaporiser
 
n

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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vaporizer va·por·iz·er (vā'pə-rī'zər)
n.
A device used to vaporize medicine for inhaling.

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Example sentences
The user's choice of liquor is poured into the vaporizer.
The steam vaporizes the working fluid of a closed-cycle loop on the other side
  of an ammonia vaporizer.
Humidifying the air with a vaporizer or drinking fluids can offer some relief.
Natural marijuana, especially when inhaled through a vaporizer, is more
  effective and safer than its component chemical compounds.
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