blowdown
noun
blowdown is spelled B-L-O-W-D-O-W-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blowdown means “The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blowdown is blowdowns.
How many letters and syllables are in blowdown?
| Letters | 8: B-L-O-W-D-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blowdown?
Blowdown appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of blowdown
- blowdowns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blowdown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
- 2
Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
- 3
Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
- 4
The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
At higher airspeeds, the 737's maximum rudder deflection is limited by blowdown, helping to prevent flight-control inputs from overstressing the aircraft's vertical stabilizer.
- 5
informalAn instance of blowing down with compressed air.
Give these parts a blowdown with your air hose before you put them in the ultrasonic cleaning tank.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blowdown come from?
Deverbal from blow down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).