Exhauster

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which exhausts; specifically, in gas-making, a device for preventing the reflex pressure of gas upon the retorts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. exhaust, exhaust pipe
  • noun. one who exhausts or depletes
  • Word Usage
    "Tonawanda Coke, which for months has been at the center of a battle over air pollution in the town, was cited for having multiple malfunctions to its "exhauster" - a piece of equipment that forces the smoke produced in the coking process into a containment system for treatment."
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