BUBBLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bubbler mean? 

• BUBBLER (noun)
  The noun BUBBLER has 2 senses:

1. a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water

2. any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid

  Familiarity information: BUBBLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUBBLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bubbler; drinking fountain; water fountain

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

fountain (a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises)

Derivation:

bubble (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)