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ELECTRIC FAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electric fan mean?
• ELECTRIC FAN (noun)
The noun ELECTRIC FAN has 1 sense:
1. a fan run by an electric motor
Familiarity information: ELECTRIC FAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fan run by an electric motor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
blower; electric fan
Hypernyms ("electric fan" is a kind of...):
fan (a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces)
Meronyms (parts of "electric fan"):
electric motor (a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work)
fan blade (blade of a rotating fan)
hub (the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes)
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