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vapours

The correct spelling is vapours.

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noun

Say it like: Vap-owr-s

The correct spelling is vapours. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  2. 2.The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  3. 3.Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
  4. 4.Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
  5. 5.(in the plural) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.

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