NEBULIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nebulizer mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEBULIZER (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 ("nebulizer" 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 "nebulizer"):

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

 Context examples 

Nebulizer pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient.

(Nebulizer, NCI Thesaurus)