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COMPRESSED AIR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does compressed air mean?

• COMPRESSED AIR (noun)
The noun COMPRESSED AIR has 1 sense:

1. air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere

Familiarity information: COMPRESSED AIR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COMPRESSED AIR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

compressed air is often used to power machines

Hypernyms ("compressed air" is a kind of...):

compressed gas (gas at a high pressure that can be used as a propellant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compressed air"):

air cushion (the trapped air that supports a hovercraft a short distance above the water or ground)

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