Respirator

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounA device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.

"The house painters were each officially required to wear a respirator, but this was sometimes disregarded in the extreme heat."

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