aerosol
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- noun
- /ˈɛəroʊsɔl/
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aerosol
- Propellants used in these older aerosol cans have since been replaced with environmentally friendly ones.
- aerosol spray
- aerosol can
- aerosol propellants
It's kind of just like a bottle spray and I, I guess I like it more than the aerosol one just 'cause I feel like it holds my hair more.
- It's kind of just like a bottle spray and I, I guess I like it more than the aerosol one just 'cause I feel like it holds my hair more.
- I've tried it and I'm sure, you know, a lot of people have, but for me, I just personally didn't trust that stuff because it was a, you know, aerosol can.
- I tried to use other ones that don't come in aerosol cans, but they all make my scalp super itchy and I get dandruff from them.
- So this right here is a aerosol makeup mist by Arrow Mineral.
- And I just wanted to suggest cooling it on these aerosol sprays.
Examples
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Speaking of strong smelling, we've got this aerosol dry spray, antiperspirant deodorant spray CFCS.
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Several billion aerosol spray cans were sold in the United States in 1972.
Academic text (1995) -
Do you use an aerosol or stick deodorant?
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In response, with her free hand, she sprayed him with something from a little aerosol can.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's an aerosol can.
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Sissy pulls an aerosol can from her utility belt and sprays the air in the hallway.
Fiction book (2001) -
Did you know that back in the '80s when everyone's concern was with the aerosol cans, it was actually the cows and their gases... which were actually doing the most damage to the ozone layer?
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I tried to use other ones that don't come in aerosol cans, but they all make my scalp super itchy and I get dandruff from them.
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He used an aerosol can to spray paint the model airplane.
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The aerosol released a fine mist that quickly filled the room with a fresh scent.
Synonyms
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A small container that sprays liquid or gas when you press a button
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3.9
A small metal or plastic container that holds liquid under pressure and sprays a fine mist
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A small metal or plastic can that holds liquid under pressure and sprays it as a fine mist
Compounds
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A small metal or plastic container that holds liquid under pressure and sprays a fine mist
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A small metal or plastic can that holds liquid under pressure and sprays it as a fine mist
- NSFW
A weapon that sprays flammable liquid into the air then sets it on fire to make a large explosion
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Surface Forms
Morphology
aerosol = aero + sol
The form is analyzable as aero- ('air') + -sol (colloidal 'solution'), but the container meaning is a metonymic extension of the suspension sense and '-sol' is technical/obscure for learners.
Etymology
Aerosol comes from aero- meaning 'air' (as in aeroplane) and -sol meaning 'solution' or 'small drops'. So an aerosol container is a can that pushes tiny drops into the air to make a spray.