vapour or vapor (ˈveɪpə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | particles of moisture or other substance suspended in air and visible as clouds, smoke, etc |
| 2. | Compare gas a gaseous substance at a temperature below its critical temperature |
| 3. | a substance that is in a gaseous state at a temperature below its boiling point |
| 4. | rare something fanciful that lacks substance or permanence |
| 5. | archaic the vapours a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to evaporate or cause to evaporate; vaporize |
| 7. | (intr) to make vain empty boasts; brag |
| [C14: from Latin vapor] | |
| vapor or vapor | |
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| —vb | |
| [C14: from Latin vapor] | |
| 'vapourable or vapor | |
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| 'vaporable or vapor | |
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| vapoura'bility or vapor | |
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| vapora'bility or vapor | |
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| 'vapourer or vapor | |
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| 'vaporer or vapor | |
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| 'vapourish or vapor | |
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| 'vaporish or vapor | |
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| 'vapourless or vapor | |
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| 'vaporless or vapor | |
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| 'vapour-like or vapor | |
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| 'vapor-like or vapor | |
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| 'vapoury or vapor | |
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| 'vapory or vapor | |
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |