a/c
abbreviation
air conditioning
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noun
a piece of electrical equipment that makes the air inside a building, room, or vehicle colder
noun
a system that makes the air inside a building, room, or vehicle colder, or the effect that the machines produce
noun
a system for heating a whole building by sending hot air or water through pipes to all the rooms
noun
a large enclosed container in which you burn fuel, used for heating a building or for an industrial process such as making metal liquid
verb
to cover water pipes with a special material that stops the water from freezing in cold weather
noun
a flat piece of metal that you can open and close to control the flow of air in a heating system
noun
the movement of fresh air around a room or building, or a system that allows this to happen
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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