breather
noun
- device through which a container communicates with the atmosphere to maintain equal pressure
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From breathe + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).
- Something or someone that breathes.
- Something or someone that breathes.
“Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility.”
- A short break; a rest or respite.
“After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.”
“I took a breather and decided not to ruin my life”
- A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
- That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.
- An air inlet path to the crankcase