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blowdown

[ bloh-doun ]

noun

  1. Automotive. a procedure for measuring the compression within an engine to identify certain mechanical defects, such as worn piston rings.
  2. a tree or stand of timber that has been blown down by the wind.


blowdown

/ ˈbləʊˌdaʊn /

noun

  1. an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blowdown1

1880–85 for earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase blow down
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Example Sentences

Fallen logs and blowdown were rotting into the debris that feeds the soil and next generation of trees.

Tip Top volunteers say it is a miracle that no one was killed during the incident that has come to be referred to as “The Blowdown.”

Upon clearing the blowdown, we found a copse of huckleberry bushes and several runners converged for fistfuls of the juicy, purple berries.

We started a climb and found blowdown — an area where wind knocked over large stands of fire-ravaged timber — that we crawled over and under.

Many trails may have blowdown — trees or branches knocked down in recent storms.

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