aeratorn.
/ɛːˈreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɛˌreɪdər/ Something that supplies or introduces air or gas; spec. (a) a device that forces gas into liquids; (b) a tool for aerating turf.
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1852 Househ. Words 12 June 302/2 And what is this park but an aërator to the race, as the one I before looked at was to the individual.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 14 Aerator, a blower or contrivance for fumigating wheat, and other corn.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 18/1 Aerator, 1. An apparatus for making aerated waters.
1892 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 30 Nov. 896/1 Improvements in Æreators for Treating Liquids.
1918 F. H. Demaree in E. L. D. Seymour Farm Knowl. III. xii. 136/1 (caption) Combined milk cooler and aërator.
1958 House & Garden Feb. 90/1 Proper surface aeration is most important for good turf and when your lawn is small this aerator is the tool to do it.
2003 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 14 Feb. c2 If you have low pressure at your kitchen sink, check the faucet's aerator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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