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EXPECTORATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicine promoting expectoration
Synonyms:
expectorant; expectorator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("expectorator" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expectorator"):
Robitussin (trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
Synonyms:
expectorator; spitter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("expectorator" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
expectorate (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
