Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that aerates, as a machine for aerating turf or a device for aerating liquids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blower; a contrivance for fumigating wheat and other grain, to bleach it and destroy fungi and insects.
- noun An apparatus for forcing air or carbonic-acid gas into water or other liquids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which supplies with air or gas.
- noun An apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
- noun A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
- noun an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
device whichmixes air with asubstance , particularlysoil or aliquid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
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Examples
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I pier fish a lot so the aerator one will help me a bunch.
Fishing tips 2009
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Retailer Nordstrom teamed up with Wine Soirée to create the "Signature Series" set with the Soiree aerator, stand, case and vacuum pump wine preserver with stoppers.
Mary Orlin: 12 Wine-Inspired Holiday Gifts Mary Orlin 2011
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They were great fun, although after a while they ended up in the same kitchen drawer as the aerator, the Electric Blue Corkscrew, the Champagne corks, the wine-stain remover—and everything else.
Accessories Aim to Make Wine Even More Fun Lettie Teague 2011
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To make a simple aerator so you dont have to spend so much money take a few pieces of a dry red clay flowerpot dropped into your minnow bucket every so often will keep your bait alive and frisky on a long trip.
Fishing tips 2009
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But I became obsessed with its transformative powers, trying it on one wine after another (a still-young Barolo, a Super Tuscan), and soon I began carrying my aerator everywhere (was this what my friend meant when she said it changed her life?)
Accessories Aim to Make Wine Even More Fun Lettie Teague 2011
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I was going to buy an aerator as well, but a friend had sent me one in the mail a week before with a note that said it had "transformed" her life.
Accessories Aim to Make Wine Even More Fun Lettie Teague 2011
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But in this case, the pieces of sediment clog holes in the aerator that creates the uniform flow of water.
Plumbing the mysteries of low water pressure Tim Carter 2011
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To make a simple aerator so you dont have to spend so much money take a few pieces of a dry red clay flowerpot dropped into your minnow bucket every so often will keep your bait alive and frisky on a long trip.
Fishing tips 2009
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After half a dozen outings with my aerator, I was ready for a new toy—I mean, wine accessory.
Accessories Aim to Make Wine Even More Fun Lettie Teague 2011
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I pier fish a lot so the aerator one will help me a bunch.
Fishing tips 2009
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