| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Someone whose job is to fumigate.[Wordnet]
2. A device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests.[Wordnet] 3. One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
"FUMIGATOR" is a common misspelling or typo for: fumigators, fumigatory. |
Date "FUMIGATOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FUMIGATOR
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Occupations | Releases poisonous gas and sets traps in buildings to kill dry-wood termites, beetles, vermin, and other pests, using cylinders of compressed gas and mechanical traps: Inspects infested building to identify pests causing damage and to determine treatment necessary. Examines porosity of walls and roof, based on knowledge of construction techniques, to determine method of sealing house. Measures inside dimensions of rooms with rule, and calculates volume of fumigant required and cost to owner. Tapes vents. Climbs ladder, pulls tarpaulins over building, and fastens edges of tarpaulins with clamps to make building airtight. Posts warning signs and padlocks doors. Turns valve on cylinder to discharge gas into building through hose. Holds halide lamp near seams of tarpaulins and building vents to detect leaking fumigant. Sprays or dusts chemicals in rooms or work areas and sets mechanical traps to destroy pests. May fumigate clothing and house furnishing in vaults at business establishment. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Specialty Expressions: FUMIGATOR
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fumigator and sterilizer | Occupations | Tends retort or vacuum chamber that fumigates or sterilizes used mattresses: Loads mattresses on dollies and pushes them into chamber. Closes and bolts chamber door. Starts vacuum pump to remove air from chamber. Opens valves to control flow of fumigating or sterilizing gases into chamber, observing gauges and scale readings. Pumps gases from chamber and replaces gases with fresh air. Opens chamber door and removes loaded dollies. May tend fumigating device, used inside chamber, that produces fumes from heated chemicals. May tend oven to sterilize mattresses with hot air. (references) | |
| Spice fumigator | Occupations | Tends equipment that fumigates incoming shipments of spices to kill insects: Stacks sacks, boxes, and cartons of spices in fumigating tank; or moves loaded pallet into fumigating room, using handtruck. Starts exhaust pump or opens valve on carbon dioxide pressure cylinder to remove or force air from fumigating tank or room. Pours specified quantities of liquid fumigants, such as ethylene oxide, into container in fumigating tank; or opens valve on pressure cylinder to admit specified amounts of gaseous fumigant into tank or room. Opens ventilating valves and starts vacuum pump or blower to remove fumigants after specified time. Removes spices from fumigating tank or room. May be required to hold fumigator's license issued by local health department. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
