electric fan
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- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪk fæn/
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ventilador eléctrico
- She sat in front of the electric fan, enjoying the refreshing air it produced.
- the electric fan whirred
- turned on the electric fan
- the electric fan blew
So like, OK, you call up, can you put up an electric fan in there?
- So like, OK, you call up, can you put up an electric fan in there?
Examples
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That's why l bought the electric fan.
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Reeves opened the windows, turned on the electric fan, and said, "Baby, what is it?" I told him I was cooking a chicken, and it seemed to be rotten.
Fiction book (2002) -
We had no air conditioning, and for many years, we did not own electric fans.
Blog text (19) -
Camp 4 provides electric fans and twenty-four-hour ice water.
Academic text (2005) -
A small electric fan slowly shook its head in the corner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Bobby didn't have much room because of the giant block of ice and the electric fan his mother kept in the window.
Fiction book (1990) -
"The electric fan," Aunt May said faintly, gesturing toward the closet.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jada turned on the electric fan and told Aunt May that she could go for a magazine just as soon as the bread was out of the oven.
Fiction book (1993) -
I pictured my family sitting in our living room in the summer, the electric fans blowing and my mother sorting her Butterick patterns while we listened to my father over the radio.
Fiction book (1996) -
The electric fan provided a cool breeze on a hot summer day.
Synonyms
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A machine with blades that moves air to cool a room
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A machine like a fan that makes a strong flow of air to move, cool, or dry things
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'electric' (powered by electricity) + 'fan' (a device with blades to circulate air), yielding a fan powered by an electric motor. This regular noun-compound pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows expected English modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Electric fan is the name for a fan that runs on electricity and has turning blades. Those blades push air across a room, so the term means a device used 'to circulate air' and 'to cool down'.