Definitions for blister

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blister blis·ter

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IPA: /ˈblɪs tər/

Blister is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 251 anagrams from letters in blister (beilrst).

Definitions for blister

noun

1. a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
2. any similar swelling, as an air bubble in a coat of paint.
3. a relatively large bubble occurring in glass during blowing.
4. Military. a transparent bulge or dome on the fuselage of an airplane, usually for mounting a gun.
5. Photography. a bubble of air formed where the emulsion has separated from the base of a film, as because of defective processing.
6. a dome or skylight on a building.
7. the moving bubble in a spirit level.
8. a small blisterlike covering of plastic, usually affixed to a piece of cardboard and containing a small item, as a pen, bolt, or medicinal tablet.

verb (used with object)

1. to raise a blister or blisters on:
2. to criticize or rebuke severely:
3. to beat or thrash; punish severely.

verb (used without object)

1. to form or rise as a blister or blisters; become blistered.

Origin of blister

1250-1300; Middle English blister, blester Old Norse blǣstri, dative of blāstr swelling. See blast, Examples for blister

For the pain in the head, a blister to the nape of the neck.

If I have a sore throat, it would be useless to blister you for it: that is his idea.

The first impulse of every one is to pull it off, which is followed by a blister.

A blister should be employed as soon as possible, and mild emollient injections of gruel or barley water, till stools be obtained.

blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.

Briefly, blister rust is an Asian fungus introduced from Europe to America around 1900.

Do not place the spit too near the fire, lest the skin should burn and blister.

I ended up developing a blister on one of my vocal cords, so that kinda sucked.

His face was yellowing again, under the blister of sun and alkali.

He watched it blister and writhe as though it had been a living thing.