ALL meanings of aerosol
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A a - countable noun aerosol An aerosol is a small container in which a liquid such as paint or deodorant is kept under pressure. When you press a button, the liquid is forced out as a fine spray or foam. 3
- noun aerosol a colloidal dispersion of solid or liquid particles in a gas; smoke or fog 3
- noun aerosol a substance, such as a paint, polish, or insecticide, dispensed from a small metal container by a propellant under pressure 3
- noun aerosol such a substance together with its container 3
- noun aerosol a suspension of colloidal particles in a gas 3
- adjective aerosol designating or of a small container in which gas under pressure is used to aerate and dispense a liquid spray through a valve 3
- adjective aerosol dispensed by such a container 3
- noun aerosol An aerosol is a gas containing very small particles of a solid or liquid. 3
- noun aerosol An aerosol is a substance dispensed from a container under pressure. The substance is forced out of the container as a fine spray. 3
- noun aerosol Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog. 1
- noun aerosol a liquid substance, as a disinfectant or deodorant, sealed in a metal container under pressure with an inert gas or other activating agent and released as a spray or foam through a push-button valve or nozzle: an aerosol for cleaning ovens. 1
- noun aerosol aerosol bomb. 1
- adjective aerosol of or containing a liquid or gas under pressure for dispensing as a spray or foam: a deodorant available in aerosol cans. 1
- noun aerosol pressurized gas 1
- noun aerosol A substance enclosed under pressure and able to be released as a fine spray, typically by means of a propellant gas. 1
- noun aerosol A liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium. 0
- noun aerosol A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can. 0
- noun aerosol (physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air. 0