The compressor is broken; we should buy a new one.
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Compressor
Synonyms for "compressor" (7 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
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15 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- компре́сор noun (device that produces pressure)
Catalan
1 entries- compressor noun (device that produces pressure)
Czech
1 entries- kompresor noun (device that produces pressure)
Finnish
4 entries- kompressori noun (device that produces pressure)
- kompressori noun (device that reduces the range of an audio signal)
- pakkausalgoritmi noun (computing: program or algorithm for compressing data)
- pakkausohjelma (program) noun (computing: program or algorithm for compressing data)
French
2 entries- compresseur noun (device that produces pressure)
- compresseur noun (device that reduces the range of an audio signal)
German
1 entries- Kompressor noun (device that produces pressure)
Greek
1 entries- αεροσυμπιεστής noun (device that produces pressure)
Hebrew
1 entries- מדחס noun (device that squeezes)
Italian
1 entries- compressore noun (device that produces pressure)
Japanese
4 entries- コンプレッサー noun (device that produces pressure)
- コンプレッサー noun (device that reduces the range of an audio signal)
- 圧搾機 noun (device that squeezes)
- 圧縮機 noun (device that produces pressure)
Kazakh
2 entries- сығымдағыш noun (device that produces pressure)
- сығымдағыш noun (device that squeezes)
Māori
2 entries- pamu whakawhāiti noun (device that produces pressure)
- papu whakawhāiti noun (device that produces pressure)
Norwegian
2 entries- kompressor noun (device that produces pressure)
- presse noun (device that squeezes)
Polish
2 entries- kompresor noun (device that produces pressure)
- sprężarka noun (device that produces pressure)
Portuguese
1 entries- compressor noun (device that produces pressure)
Romanian
1 entries- compresor noun (device that produces pressure)
Russian
1 entries- компре́ссор noun (device that produces pressure)
Spanish
2 entries- compresor noun (device that produces pressure)
- compresor noun (computing: program or algorithm for compressing data)
Swedish
1 entries- kompressor noun (device that reduces the range of an audio signal)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The air compressor went off in the garage and startled me.
Source: tatoeba (12862531)
The compressor is mounted adjacent to the fuel tank and provides compressed air for operating the locomotive brakes, control gear, sanders and warning horns.
Source: wiktionary
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