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Blister

noun
/ˈblɪstɚ/
Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounA 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.nounA swelling on a plant.
3.nounSomething applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
4.nounA bubble, as on a painted surface.
5.noun(roofing) 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.nounA type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
"blister card"
7.nounA cause of annoyance
8.verbTo raise blisters on.
"a chemical agent that blisters the skin"
9.verbTo have a blister form.
10.verbTo criticise severely.
11.verbTo break out in blisters.

Synonyms

blebvesicatebullawhipvesicularsubepidermalplateletampoulevesiclevialbulbcrude

Rhymes With

mistersistertwistertransistorsob sisterkisterhalf sisterstepsister
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