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AIR PASSAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

Synonyms:

air duct; air passage; airway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("air passage" is a kind of...):

duct (an enclosed conduit for a fluid)

Meronyms (parts of "air passage"):

blowhole; vent; vent-hole; venthole (a hole for the escape of gas or air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air passage"):

register (an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room)

breather; schnorchel; schnorkel; snorkel; snorkel breather (air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time)

upcast (air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine)

ventilation shaft (a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation)

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