vent

noun

activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)

a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate

a hole for the escape of gas or air

verb

expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

give expression or utterance to

Roots

ventusvent- · Latin · wind

Synonyms for vent

ventholen ventilatev touchhole blowholen ventage ventiduct outletn airn spiraclen fluen ventilatorn

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The word vent breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vent-, from Latin ventus (“wind”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.