vent

Meaning

1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
2. A small aperture.
3. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
4. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

outlet

ventilate

vent-hole

give vent

ventilation opening

air-hole

ejector nozzle

give vent to

ventilation duct

perflation

hit oneself with anger

air port

gas vent

ventilation slot

jet orifice

air end

conduto vulcânico

nozzle orifice

jet tip

gaping place

apertura

volcanic vent

blow vent

ventilating pit

ventilation orifice

ventilator scoop

ventillation hole

ventilating opening

draught hole

air draught

be on the air

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛnt/

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.