Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 66 compound words that contain vent. The most common are listed below. Open vent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- air ventAn opening, possibly covered by a grate or grill, possibly ducted, that allows air to circulate.
- vol-au-ventA small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
- abat-ventLouvres or strips of wood or metal used as windbreaks that allow light and air in, often seen in belfries.
- vent one's spleenTo openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.
- hydrothermal venta hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust.
- fissure ventA volcanic vent from which lava flows, with minimal explosive activity; characteristic of shield volcanoes.
- pie ventSynonym of pie bird: A hollow ceramic device shaped like an upstretched bird with open beak, used for supporting or venting a pie.
- ridge ventA vent located at the ridge of the roof that allows the escape of warm and/or moist air from the attic area or rafter cavity; it is usually a simple shielded gap but may be a ventilator (device).
- vent windowSynonym of quarter glass: The small triangular-shaped side window on some vehicles, originally used as a vent.
- vent peckingAn abnormal behaviour of birds, primarily commercial egg-laying hens, characterised by pecking damage to the cloaca, the surrounding skin and underlying tissue.
- Moulin-à-VentA variety of Beaujolais wine.
- vent stackA vertical pipe that provides ventilation to a building's drainage system
- vent one's gallTo openly express anger or frustration.
- vent sexSynonym of vent (“to determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca”).
- vent windowsplural of vent window: The small triangular-shaped side window on some vehicles, originally used as a vent.
- vent-pieceIn a breechloading firearm, a vertical sliding block with a conical plug on its front surface to seal the firing chamber and close the breech.
- vent-piecesplural of vent-piece: In a breechloading firearm, a vertical sliding block with a conical plug on its front surface to seal the firing chamber and close the breech.
- vent stacksplural of vent stack: A vertical pipe that provides ventilation to a building's drainage system
- vent sexesthird-person singular simple present indicative of vent sex: Synonym of vent (“to determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca”).
- vols-au-ventplural of vol-au-vent: A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
- vent sexingpresent participle and gerund of vent sex
- vent sexedsimple past and past participle of vent sex
- air admittance venta mechanical sewer vent that allows air to enter into the sewage system but does not allow exhaust of sewer gases, to aid the flow of sewage by providing air behind water, where a standard vent stack to atmosphere is not possible, by …
- give vent toTo utter; to produce (a sound).
- gave vent tosimple past of give vent to
Compound words 66
- ventlessWithout a vent or vents.
- ventmanA homeless person who stays in front of a vent to keep warm.
- misventTo vent improperly.
- ventifactA pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
- ventipaneA small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
- ventableCapable of being vented.
- overventTo vent excessively.
- thermoventA thermal vent
- underventTo vent inadequately.
- ventholeA hole through which gas or air can escape.