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Vapour

the process of becoming a vapor

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Narrower term 5

Boiling 76% connected

of Boil

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Clouding 76% connected

of Cloud

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Smoking 76% connected

of Smoke

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Steam 76% connected

The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor.

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Suspension 76% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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Aerify 74% connected

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

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Aerify 74% connected

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

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Synonym 3

Evaporation 92% connected

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camph…

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Vapor 92% connected

Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vaporization 92% connected

The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of wate…

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