ATOMIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atomizer mean? 

• ATOMIZER (noun)
  The noun ATOMIZER has 1 sense:

1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

  Familiarity information: ATOMIZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATOMIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

atomiser; atomizer; nebuliser; nebulizer; spray; sprayer

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

dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)

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

airbrush (an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air)

Derivation:

atomize (break up into small particles)

atomize (spray very finely)