fan blade
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2.8
- noun
- /fæn bleɪd/
:
paleta del ventilador
- The variable pitch design features a composite fan blade, based on RCT's extensive experience in manufacturing composite aircraft propellers.
- fan blade pitch
You know, maybe if a, you know, let's imagine it's a fan blade and you've broken one blade off.
- You know, maybe if a, you know, let's imagine it's a fan blade and you've broken one blade off.
Examples
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The box fan's fan blades spin rapidly, creating a refreshing breeze in the hot room.
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The fan blades slow down, condensing from a blur of motion into hard metal.
Fiction book (1990) -
A box fan uses electric current to turn fan blades that create artificial wind.
Academic text (2010) -
So this is a plastic fan blade and then an aluminium frame.
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The large whirling fan blades slow to a stop.
Fiction book (1998) -
It has 12 individual custom fan blades for a diameter of 25 feet.
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Clemens stands and examines the fan blades.
Fiction book (1992) -
A wind generator reverses this operation, using the wind to turn the fan blades of the windmill and a generator, creating electricity.
Academic text (2010) -
Before the summer heat arrives, make sure to clean the fan blades to ensure they operate efficiently.
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The ceiling fan blades were coated with dust, making the fan less effective in cooling the room.
Synonyms
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3.1
A flat part like a propeller that moves air or water
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a flat, narrow part of a rotating fan that moves air' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fan' (mechanical device with blades to circulate air) and 'blade' (a flat or curved vane). This simple noun–noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern cross-linguistically and will be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Fan blade is a simple, literal name: the blade is the thin, flat piece that turns on the fan and 'moves air'. So the phrase means the flat, narrow part of a fan that pushes air.