"aerator" meaning in English

See aerator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: aerators [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin aer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aerate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English aerator From aerate + -or. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|aerate|-or&lt;id:agent noun&gt;|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin aer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aerate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. 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  1. A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid. Translations (a device which mixes air with a substance): airejador [masculine] (Catalan), ilmastin (Finnish), aérateur [masculine] (French), Belüfter [masculine] (German), Belüftungsanlage [feminine] (German), aerthóir [masculine] (Irish), aerator [masculine] (Polish), aerador [masculine] (Portuguese), afânător [neuter] (Romanian)
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  2. A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
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  3. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faucet aerator, top aerator Related terms: aerate, aeration

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