blowhole vs cleft

blowhole

noun
  • An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product. 

  • A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled. 

  • The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. 

  • A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly. 

  • A vent for the escape of steam or other gas. 

verb
  • To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity. 

cleft

noun
  • A piece made by splitting. 

  • An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. 

  • A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. 

adj
  • split, divided, or partially divided into two. 

verb
  • To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall." 

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