ventilative

[ ven-tl-ey-tiv ]

adjective

1. promoting or producing ventilation.
2. of or relating to ventilation.

Other Words From

• non·venti·lative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ventilative¹

First recorded in 1785–95; ventilate + -ive

Example Sentences

“The jury’s still out on some of that. When you breath there’s still a ventilative hole right there,” Payton noted.

From Seattle Times

“The jury’s still out on some of that. When you breath there’s still a ventilative hole right there,” Payton noted.

From Washington Times

According to the North’s state-run media, the Athletic Apparatus Institute of the North’s Sports Science Academy has developed a new type of marathon shoes, which weigh a mere 139 grams and have soles made of elastic materials with outer rims of “flexible and ventilative materials.”

From Washington Times