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A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray
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atomizer
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying. n. An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1865, agent noun from atomize .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray [syn: atomiser , spray , sprayer ]
Usage examples of atomizer.
However, much relief is obtained from the use of steam atomizers filled with an aqueous solution of compound tincture of benzoin, creosote or guaiacol.
Most trombonists also need an occasional squirt of water from an atomizer, keeping the mechanism moist and slippery.
From the collection of atomizers on the dresser, I chose one and squeezed the bulb, but no perfume came out.
She removes her perfumes and her atomizers and sets them on the bureau.
It was almost bright enough to read by the moonlight, and he realized that he had almost three hundred yards to walk before the street narrowed again, three hundred yards in which there were no parked vehicles, no lampposts, no benches, no trash atomizers, nothing to hide behind, and he would be the only living, moving thing.
Nowadays, she'd be the kind of woman who'd carry one of those breath-freshening atomizers in her purse-gassing herself with the atomizer, all day long, just in case someone might be moved to spontaneously kiss her.
The atomizer was full of carbolic acid to disinfect, and she would see to it that before this operation was over, it was empty.
He indicated a second atomizer, added, for effect, that, This test is something like the original one of dissolving strychnine in sulphuric acid, which causes no change, but, on the addition of a bit of potassium dichromate, tints variously blue, violet, and even red are produced.
He considered relighting it, finally tossed it into a tiny atomizer built into a corner of his desk, and lit another.