blister
noun
- 1
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
- 2
A swelling on a plant.
- 3
Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
- 4
A bubble, as on a painted surface.
- 5
(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
- 6
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
“blister card”
- 7
A cause of annoyance
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To raise blisters on.
“a chemical agent that blisters the skin”
- 2
To have a blister form.
- 3
To criticise severely.
- 4
To break out in blisters.
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