AIR PASSAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air passage mean? 

• AIR PASSAGE (noun)
  The noun AIR PASSAGE has 1 sense:

1. a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

  Familiarity information: AIR PASSAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR PASSAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

air duct; air passage; airway

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)

 Context examples 

Tubular structure in continuation with the trachea, serving as air passage.

(Bronchus, NCI Thesaurus)

Bronchodilation involves widening of air passage lumina, typically due to bronchial smooth muscle relaxation, and leads to increased air flow.

(Bronchodilation, NCI Thesaurus)

Bronchoconstriction involves narrowing of air passage lumina, typically due to bronchial smooth muscle contraction, and leads to decreased air flow.

(Bronchoconstriction, NCI Thesaurus)