BLISTER


Meaning of BLISTER in English

I. blis ‧ ter 1 /ˈblɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: blestre , blostre 'swelling on the skin' , from Middle Dutch bluyster 'blister' ]

1 . a swelling on your skin containing clear liquid, caused, for example, by a burn or continuous rubbing:

New shoes always give me blisters.

2 . a swelling on the surface of metal, rubber, painted wood etc

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THESAURUS

■ a mark on your skin

▪ blemish a mark on your skin that spoils its appearance:

John grew a beard to hide the blemishes on his chin.

▪ mole a small dark, sometimes raised, mark on your skin:

Some moles may become cancerous.

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Helena found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there before.

▪ freckles small light brown marks on your skin, especially on your face but also on your arms, shoulders etc:

She had a light sprinkling of freckles across her nose.

▪ birthmark a permanent mark on your skin that you have had since you were born:

There was a small birthmark on her left cheek.

▪ bruise a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen or been hit:

Her legs were covered in cuts and bruises.

▪ scar a permanent mark on your skin, caused by a cut or by something that burns you:

The injury left a small scar on his forehead.

▪ pimple/zit ( also spot British English ) a small raised red mark or lump on your skin, which usually appears when a child is between 12 and 18 years old:

When I was a teenager I had terrible spots.

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The boy had a few pimples under his chin.

▪ wart a small hard raised mark on your skin caused by a virus:

His face was covered in hairy warts.

▪ blister a small area of skin that is swollen and full of liquid because it has been rubbed or burned:

There was a blister on his arm where the boiling milk had splashed him.

▪ rash an area of small red spots on your skin, caused by an illness or an ↑ allergy :

I can’t eat strawberries - they give me a rash.

II. blister 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]

to develop blisters, or make blisters form:

The paint will blister in the heat.

—blistered adjective :

My hands were blistered from all the digging.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.