blister

Signification

Noun

1. A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
2. A swelling on a plant.
3. Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
5. An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
7. A cause of annoyance.
8. A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

Verb

1. To raise blisters on.
2. To sear after blaching.
3. To have a blister form.
4. To criticise severely.
5. To break out in blisters.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/

Étymologie

From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).