filled with air

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• Air sac — 1. (Anat.) One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell. [1913 Webster] 2. An {alveolus}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• air cell — n a cavity or receptacle for air esp ALVEOLUS (b) * * * 1. any minute bodily chamber filled with air, such as an alveolus of the lung. 2. a cavity containing air and surrounded by a bodily structure, usually one of the bones of the head, such as… …   Medical dictionary

• Air chamber — Air cham ber 1. A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant. [1913 Webster] 2. A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Air jacket — Air jack et A jacket having air tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• with — [with, with] prep. [ME < OE, orig., against, in opposition to, contr. < or akin to wither, against < IE * witero (< base * wi , asunder, separate + compar. suffix) > Ger wider, against] 1. in opposition to or competition facing;… …   English World dictionary

• air pocket — air .pocket n 1.) a current of air that makes a plane suddenly move down 2.) a small area that becomes filled with air …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• air jacket — n. a compartment filled with air, surrounding some part of a machine, esp. for checking heat transmission …   English World dictionary

• air mattress — n. a mattress or pad, as of plastic or rubber that is filled with air and later deflated, used for camping, an extra bed, etc …   English World dictionary

• air vesicle — n. Bot. a space filled with air, found in many floating water plants …   English World dictionary

• air — n. & v. n. 1 an invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2 a the earth s atmosphere. b the free or unconfined space in the atmosphere (birds of the air; in the open air). c the atmosphere as a… …   Useful english dictionary

• air chamber — noun : a cavity filled with air: as a. : a cavity containing air to act by its elasticity as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine see hydraulic ram illustration b. : one of the chambers in the nautilus …   Useful english dictionary