vent : Idioms & Phrases

Index

give vent

  • verb give expression or utterance to
    vent; ventilate.
    • She vented her anger
    • The graduates gave vent to cheers
WordNet

To give vent to

  • to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger.
Webster 1913

To take vent

  • to escape; to be made public. R.
Webster 1913

Vent feather

  • (Zoöl.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird.
Webster 1913

Vent field

  • (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
Webster 1913

Vent piece

  • . (Gun.) (a) A bush. See 4th Bush, n, 2. (b) A breech block.
Webster 1913

vent-hole

  • noun a hole for the escape of gas or air
    vent; blowhole; venthole.
WordNet

vol-au-vent

  • noun puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce
WordNet
Vol`-au`-vent" noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. (Cookery) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.
Webster 1913