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/blˈoʊhˌoʊl/ Listen

noun

Blowhole n.

A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.

A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean. Note: There are two spiracles or blowholes in the common whales, but only one in sperm whales, porpoises, etc.

A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.

(Founding) An air hole in a casting.

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Etymology of 'Blowhole'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blowhole" Quotes from Famous Books

... the long pent-up rain descended, and a sudden ghastly rending asunder of the clouds showed far below them the heaving ocean, high above them the jagged and glistening rocks, and at their feet the black and murderous abyss of the Blowhole—empty. ...

— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke