DEFLECTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deflector" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

deflect (turn aside and away from an initial or intended course)

deflect (turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest)

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