a/c

1. 1.

   an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it

   “we rarely turn on the air-conditioner”

   Synonymsair conditionerair-conditioner

   Broaderappliance

Questions about a/c

What does a/c mean?

a/c means "an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it".

How many syllables are in a/c?

a/c has 1 syllable: a/c.

What is another word for a/c?

Close synonyms include air conditioner, air-conditioner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is a/c a common word?

a/c is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.