vents
Because it is a word with a single syllable, vents is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofvents
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
Example: "the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould"
- A small aperture.
- The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
- A verbalized frustration.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- To allow gases to escape.
Example: "The stove vents to the outside."
- To allow to escape through a vent.
Example: "Exhaust is vented to the outside."
- To express a strong emotion.
Example: "Can we talk? I need to vent."
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- Ventriloquism.
- To sell; to vend.
- A baiting place; an inn.
- Ventilation or ventilator.
Example: "I have adjusted the vent settings."
- To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
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