blister
noun/ˈblɪstə(r)/
/ˈblɪstər/
- a swelling (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) on the surface of the skin that is filled with liquid and is caused, for example, by rubbing or burning
- These shoes have given me blisters on my heels.
- He’d got blisters on his feet from running.
- There was a blister on her cheek where the boiling milk had splashed her.
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- a similar swelling, filled with air or liquid, on metal, painted wood or another surface
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.
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