"puffback" meaning in All languages combined

See puffback on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: puffbacks [plural]
Etymology: From puff + back. Etymology templates: {{com|en|puff|back}} puff + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} puffback (plural puffbacks)
  1. Any bird of the genus Dryoscopus. Categories (lifeform): Malaconotoid birds
    Sense id: en-puffback-en-noun-QntEhnGz Disambiguation of Malaconotoid birds: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24
  2. The (unintended) emission of soot or smoke from a furnace or boiler into a structure, typically caused by a burner failing to ignite properly, allowing a buildup of fumes which explode and expel soot or smoke into the structure.
    Sense id: en-puffback-en-noun-lnnnv1kR

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "puff",
        "3": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "puff + back",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From puff + back.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puffbacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "puffback (plural puffbacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Malaconotoid birds",
          "orig": "en:Malaconotoid birds",
          "parents": [
            "Perching birds",
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any bird of the genus Dryoscopus."
      ],
      "id": "en-puffback-en-noun-QntEhnGz",
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "Dryoscopus",
          "Dryoscopus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Frank C. Montagna, Responding to Routine Emergencies, PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 50:",
          "text": "Puffback can also be caused by a faulty pressure regulator that allows oil to drip into the combustion chamber after the burner shuts down. The leaking oil gets absorbed by the lining of the combustion chamber, and it can also pool[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 July 2, James E. Brumbaugh, Audel HVAC Fundamentals, Volume 2: Heating System Components, Gas and Oil Burners, and Automatic Controls, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "Broken or malfunctioning electrodes can result in smoke leaking out into the rooms of the structure. This problem, called a puffback, is not an uncommon one in oil-fired appliances (see sidebar).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Frank Montagna, Responding to \"Routine\" Emergencies Workbook, PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "Oil burner smoke from a puffback is usually cool and easy to breathe. Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is not needed. High heat emanating from the oil burner room, accompanied by thick black smoke, is an indication of a [puffback].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The (unintended) emission of soot or smoke from a furnace or boiler into a structure, typically caused by a burner failing to ignite properly, allowing a buildup of fumes which explode and expel soot or smoke into the structure."
      ],
      "id": "en-puffback-en-noun-lnnnv1kR",
      "links": [
        [
          "soot",
          "soot"
        ],
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ],
        [
          "burner",
          "burner"
        ],
        [
          "ignite",
          "ignite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "puffback"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Malaconotoid birds"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "puff",
        "3": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "puff + back",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From puff + back.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puffbacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "puffback (plural puffbacks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any bird of the genus Dryoscopus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "Dryoscopus",
          "Dryoscopus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Frank C. Montagna, Responding to Routine Emergencies, PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 50:",
          "text": "Puffback can also be caused by a faulty pressure regulator that allows oil to drip into the combustion chamber after the burner shuts down. The leaking oil gets absorbed by the lining of the combustion chamber, and it can also pool[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 July 2, James E. Brumbaugh, Audel HVAC Fundamentals, Volume 2: Heating System Components, Gas and Oil Burners, and Automatic Controls, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "Broken or malfunctioning electrodes can result in smoke leaking out into the rooms of the structure. This problem, called a puffback, is not an uncommon one in oil-fired appliances (see sidebar).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Frank Montagna, Responding to \"Routine\" Emergencies Workbook, PennWell Books, →ISBN, page 24:",
          "text": "Oil burner smoke from a puffback is usually cool and easy to breathe. Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is not needed. High heat emanating from the oil burner room, accompanied by thick black smoke, is an indication of a [puffback].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The (unintended) emission of soot or smoke from a furnace or boiler into a structure, typically caused by a burner failing to ignite properly, allowing a buildup of fumes which explode and expel soot or smoke into the structure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soot",
          "soot"
        ],
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ],
        [
          "burner",
          "burner"
        ],
        [
          "ignite",
          "ignite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "puffback"
}

Download raw JSONL data for puffback meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.