air conditioner
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈɛr kənˌdɪʃənər/
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aire acondicionado
- During the summer, I always make sure my air conditioner is working properly before the heat wave hits.
- home air conditioner
- automobile air conditioner
- air conditioners and heaters
I said no air conditioners in the ashram, in the cottages.
- I said no air conditioners in the ashram, in the cottages.
- The old trains, they don't have air conditioners at all.
- So the air conditioner turns off when the room is cold enough and then turns back on when the warm, when the room heats up.
- It is a portable air conditioner and heater for yourself.
- So it is a natural air conditioner and it works.
- If you tell your company I'm willing to work without the air conditioner, they would be too glad.
- He thinks they're sending this green gas through the air conditioners.
- No windows, no air conditioner, not even a fan wood floor, scratched up wood floor.
- Marble tiles, building materials, fridges, microwaves, air conditioners, golf carts, hospitals, hotels, high rises.
- What is the practical limit of decreasing the the spring that supports your pump or your washing machine or your air conditioner?
Examples
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Why is yours the only apartment in New York City without an air conditioner?
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Merry opened her door, and the air conditioner blew into my face.
Fiction book (1990) -
Residents who remain inside with air conditioners stay safe.
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Make sure you have your air conditioner ready.
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Did you turn the air conditioner off?
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The only sound was from the air conditioner, which was set at its highest speed.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'll be up to fix your air conditioner in a couple of minutes.
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So the air conditioner turns off when the room is cold enough and then turns back on when the warm, when the room heats up.
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At the beach, policemen sit in their station wagons with their air conditioners running.
Fiction book (1993) -
At night, the neighborhood hummed with air conditioners; no one would hear sirens or alarms.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
110
3.0
System that controls temperature and air movement inside buildings to keep people comfortable
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3.3
A set of parts that remove heat to keep a machine or building cool
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3.0
A machine that cools and dries the air in a room or car
A machine that uses water to cool air in hot, dry places
How Cool
Surface Forms
Morphology
air + conditioner
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'air' with 'conditioner' since the -er suffix signals an agent/instrument that 'conditions' the air; a learner who knows 'air' and recognizes the verb 'condition' (or the -er device-forming pattern) can infer it is a machine that treats/cools the air. This noun-noun compound pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English morphology, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Air conditioner comes from the words air and conditioner. A 'conditioner' is something that changes the air, making it cooler and less wet, so the name means a machine that cools the air and removes moisture.