vapour

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Definitions

noun

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

verb

To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
To turn into vapor.“to vapor away a heated fluid”
To emit vapor or fumes.
To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

Related words

Synonyms

vaporisation vaporization vapor evaporation evaporative gaseous steam mist moisture fume pore gas canister tide steamer sparkling

Associated

epitaxy condense transpiration deposition condenser condensation caesium condensate droplets distillation molar

Rhymes

tapir zapper schnapper sapir

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