oxygen mask

noun

: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank

Examples of oxygen mask in a Sentence

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William sent her two photos: one of Lucy with a doctor and another of her in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask with her eyes closed. Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024 The adage is true: Put on your own oxygen mask first. Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 26 Oct. 2024 These divers risk their lives every day, repeatedly diving without oxygen masks to harvest mollusks, seaweed and other sea life around the rocky island. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 The airplane was climbing shortly after takeoff from Orange County, California, when flight attendants noticed oxygen masks in one of the plane’s rows were out of the overhead compartment. Paradise Afshar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for oxygen mask 

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of oxygen mask was in 1920

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“Oxygen mask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oxygen%20mask. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

oxygen mask

noun
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank

Medical Definition

oxygen mask

noun
: a device worn over the nose and mouth through which oxygen is supplied from a storage tank

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