Definitions For Blowdown

Noun

BLOWDOWN. (countable and uncountable, plural BLOWDOWNs) (chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure (industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle. (forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.

Etymology

blow + down

Is Blowdown a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20

The word Blowdown is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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