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Blowdown is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Blowdown in a sentence

Blowdown meaning

  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.

Using Blowdown

  • The main meaning on this page is: The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure. | Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle. | Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.

Context around Blowdown

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

big 1× roof 1× spring 1× respectable 1×

Often after:

toppled 1× brine 1× published 1× condenses 1× brunch 1×

Sentence patterns with Blowdown

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a respectable blowdown 1× by the blowdown condenses water 1× from the blowdown brine stream 1× salt spring blowdown brunch which 1× the big blowdown toppled most 1× tin roof blowdown published in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dan olson and 1× in 1950 a 1× saltworks has since 1× take a walk 1× tin roof blowdown 1× while methane is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a respectable blowdown 1× city and hinterland 1× of downed trees 1× on tuesday jan 1× stage of testing 1× the obvious cloud 1×

Words around Blowdown

Just before it in the word index:

blowback 93 blow 2.764 bloviating 4 bloviate 4 blout 2 blousy 3

Just after it in the word index:

blowed 4 blowen 4 blower 147 blowers 80 blowfish 28 blowfly 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Blowdown

  • In this selection, "blowdown" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, big, roof, spring, toppled, brine and published stand out and add context to how "blowdown" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a respectable blowdown and by the blowdown condenses water. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blowdown" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blowdown

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Take a walk in the woods around Greater Boston and you'll likely encounter a respectable blowdown. (17 words)

While methane is invisible, the cooling caused by the blowdown condenses water vapor, leading to the obvious cloud. (18 words)

Dan Olson and Kathryn Anderson came up with the idea for the Salt Spring Blowdown Brunch, which will be held at the Farmers’ Institute on Tuesday, Jan. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

In 1950, a huge storm—still known as “the big blowdown”—toppled most of the trees there, and though the area was officially protected wilderness, the state allowed a controversial “salvage logging” of downed trees. (35 words)

Tin Roof Blowdown, published in 2007, features two main characters: one is Burke’s regular hard-boiled anti-hero, detective Dave Robicheaux, who is on finest form as he roams city and hinterland. (33 words)

Saltworks has since completed a second phase of testing which examined the production of lithium from the blowdown-brine stream collected during the lithium carbonate concentration in the first stage of testing. (32 words)

Example sentences (6)

In 1950, a huge storm—still known as “the big blowdown”—toppled most of the trees there, and though the area was officially protected wilderness, the state allowed a controversial “salvage logging” of downed trees.

Saltworks has since completed a second phase of testing which examined the production of lithium from the blowdown-brine stream collected during the lithium carbonate concentration in the first stage of testing.

Tin Roof Blowdown, published in 2007, features two main characters: one is Burke’s regular hard-boiled anti-hero, detective Dave Robicheaux, who is on finest form as he roams city and hinterland.

While methane is invisible, the cooling caused by the blowdown condenses water vapor, leading to the obvious cloud.

Dan Olson and Kathryn Anderson came up with the idea for the Salt Spring Blowdown Brunch, which will be held at the Farmers’ Institute on Tuesday, Jan.

Take a walk in the woods around Greater Boston and you'll likely encounter a respectable blowdown.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blowdown" in a sentence?
An example: "In 1950, a huge storm—still known as “the big blowdown”—toppled most of the trees there, and though the area was officially protected wilderness, the state allowed a controversial “salvage logging” of downed trees." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "blowdown" from authentic English texts.
What does "blowdown" mean?
Blowdown means: The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
How many example sentences with "blowdown" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "blowdown", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.