aerator

aerate +‎ -or

aerator (plural aerators)

1. A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.

   Antonym: deaerator

   faucet aerator

2. A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
3. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.

• aerate
• aeration

• → Polish: aerator

Borrowed from English aerator.^[1] By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -ator. First attested in 1874^[2].

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈra.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ra‧tor

aerator m inan

1. aerator

   mechaniczny aerator ― mechanical aerator

   aerator powierzchniowy ― surface aerator

   działanie aeratora ― operation of an aerator

• aerator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• aerator in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French aérateur.

aerator n (plural aeratoare)

1. aerator