blast : Idioms & Phrases

Index

-blast

-blast
Etymology
Gr. sprout, shoot.
Definitions
  1. A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
Webster 1913

back-blast

  • noun backfire from a recoilless weapon
    backblast.
WordNet

Blast furnace

  • noun a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
WordNet
  • a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.
Webster 1913

Blast hole

  • a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.
Webster 1913

Blast nozzle

  • a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; called also blast orifice.
Webster 1913

blast off

  • verb launch with great force
    • the rockets were blasted off
WordNet

blast pipe

Blast" pipe`
Definitions
  1. The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.
Webster 1913

blast trauma

  • noun injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)
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blast wave

  • noun a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
    shock wave.
    • the explosion created a shock wave
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blasting cap

  • noun a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives
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blasting gelatin

  • noun mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
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bomb blast

  • noun the explosion of a bomb
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Cold blast

  • See under Blast, n., 2.
Webster 1913

Fire blast

  • a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire.
Webster 1913

hot blast

Hot" blast`
Definitions
  1. See under Blast.
Webster 1913

In full blast

  • in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. Colloq.
Webster 1913

Sand blast

  • a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process.
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Seam blast

  • a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks.
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solo blast

  • noun a home run with no runners on base
    solo homer.
WordNet

whirl-blast

Whirl"-blast` noun
Definitions
  1. A whirling blast or wind.
    A whirl-blast from behind the hill. Wordsworth.
Webster 1913