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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOWTUBE

blowtube  [ˈbləʊˌtjuːb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOWTUBE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blowtube is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOWTUBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

blowtube

Blowgun

A blowgun is a simple weapon consisting of a small tube for firing light projectiles or darts. The weapon is used by inserting the projectile inside the pipe and using the force created by one's breath to give the projectile momentum. Its propulsive power is limited by the user's respiratory muscles.

Definition of blowtube in the English dictionary

The definition of blowtube in the dictionary is a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensity its heat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOWTUBE


buckytube
ˈbʌkɪˌtjuːb
cube
kjuːb
Danube
ˈdænjuːb
drawtube
ˈdrɔːˌtjuːb
flashcube
ˈflæʃkjuːb
flashtube
ˈflæʃˌtjuːb
hypercube
ˈhaɪpəˌkjuːb
myotube
ˌmaɪəˈtjuːb
nanotube
ˈnænəʊˌtjuːb
phototube
ˈfəʊtəʊˌtjuːb
pube
ˈpjuːb
tube
tjuːb
YouTube
ˈjuːˌtjuːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOWTUBE

blowing up
blowkart
blowlamp
blown
blowoff
blowpipe
blowse
blowsier
blowsiest
blowsily
blowsiness
blowsy
blowtorch
blowup
blowy
blowzier
blowziest
blowzily
blowziness
blowzy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOWTUBE

boob tube
capillary tube
cathode-ray tube
discharge tube
drainage tube
electron tube
Eustachian tube
extension tube
Fallopian tube
image tube
inner tube
neural tube
Pitot-static tube
Pitot tube
shock tube
storage tube
test tube
the tube
vacuum tube
X-ray tube

Synonyms and antonyms of blowtube in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blowtube» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOWTUBE

Find out the translation of blowtube to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blowtube from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blowtube» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吹火筒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tubo de soplado
570 millions of speakers

English

blowtube
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

blowtube
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

blowtube
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

blowtube
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blowtube
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blowtube
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tube de soufflage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blowtube
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blasrohr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blowtube
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

blowtube
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blowtube
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

blowtube
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

blowtube
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लुटोट्यूब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

blowtube
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cannello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blowtube
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

blowtube
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blowtube
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

blowtube
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blowtube
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blåsrör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blowtube
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blowtube

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWTUBE»

The term «blowtube» is normally little used and occupies the 136.217 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOWTUBE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blowtube» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blowtube» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blowtube

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOWTUBE»

Discover the use of blowtube in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blowtube and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry
The blowtube has to be manually inserted through the wicket hole in one of the furnace doors. Unfortunately, the blowtube was heavy, bulky, and hard to handle; furthermore, it needed constant maintenance to clean off the solidified steel (a ...
David P. DeWitt, Gene D. Nutter, 1988
2
An Epitaph and an Elegy for a Prostate (Incontinence, ...
THE. BLOWTUBE. This is a hollow, plastic device,divided into two parts, which tastes bad and smells of chemicals. Blowing into it raises two internally situated balls. You will be asked to blow into it several times a day in order to keep your ...
Gene Washington, 2001
3
Transactions of the American Foundry Society
There is a significant difference in pressure values measured in the hopper and in the blowtube area. Due to the large difference in cross section areas of hopper and a blowtube (cross section area of hopper is ten times greater than that of ...
4
Practical Methods in Ecology
(continued) Rubber tubing Mouthpiece Gauze Mouthpiece Catching tube Cork or rubber bung 7.6cm ¥ 2.5cm “Blowtube” Filter (b) diameter. (continued) Figure 6.3 The aspirator or pooter: (a) a simple model; (b) a blow model (after Evans ...
Peter A. Henderson, 2009
5
The Garden of the Stone
Inside were Orrin's lump of metal, her poison capsule, several short cylinders that could be fitted together to make a blowtube, three tiny fletched darts, and a ceramic vial. The vial held a small measure of the power-deadening drug she and ...
Victoria Strauss, 2010
6
The Kinematics of Machinery
The blowtube, which is in use among the South American tribes in the form of the twelve feet long Sabarkan, is younger than the bow, although certainly very old. With it both leaden bullets and feathered arrows are shot with great precision; ...
Franz Reuleaux, Eugene S. Ferguson, 2012
7
Proceedings
At the South Works of the United States Steel Co., both the blowtube and thermocouple have been used. ... blowtube is that in itself it does not read true temperatures when air is used for purging, but must be calibrated and adjusted from time ...
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. National Open Hearth and Basic Oxygen Steel Committee, 1952
8
Proceedings of Open Hearth Conference
At the South Works of the United States Steel Co., both the blowtube and thermocouple have been used. The blow- tube was used for only a short time and then abandoned. A major disadvantage of the blowtube is that in itself it does not read ...
9
Proceedings of the Conference
At the South Works of the United States Steel Co., both the blowtube and thermocouple have been used. The blow- tube was used for only a short time and then abandoned. A major disadvantage of the blowtube is that in itself it does not read ...
10
Ars Orientalis: The Arts of Islam and the East
Other parallels for the blowtube shooter are to be found on The garden scene in medallion 9 is part of the repertoire which includes the throne scenes and the entertainment of the prince. This repertoire appears to have come to the Muslim ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOWTUBE»

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Afghan spirit burns strong amid ashes of despair
His hunched back throwing strange shadows on the uneven wall behind him, he used only fire, water and a blowtube as his tools. And yet he ... «Irish Times, Jan 14»

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