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COMPRESSED AIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compressed air mean?
• COMPRESSED AIR (noun)
The noun COMPRESSED AIR has 1 sense:
1. air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
Familiarity information: COMPRESSED AIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
compressed air is often used to power machines
Hypernyms ("compressed air" is a kind of...):
compressed gas (gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compressed air"):
air cushion (the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground)
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