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Air fresheners

Air fresheners is a term used to which work in one of the following four ways: by interfering with your ability to smell by way of a nerve-deadening agent; by coating your nasal passages with an undetectable oil film; by covering up one smell with another; and (rarely) by breaking down the offensive odor.

Anchor alarm

An anchor alarm is a feature of a GPS or other electronic navigation device or a depthsounder that sounds an audible alarm when the anchor drags and the boat shifts position. To buoy the anchor is to attach a buoy to is so it and its rode can be found if they must be abandoned. The anchor watch is the crew awake and on deckas lookouts while the boat is anchored. See straight up an down and swinging room.

Cab

Cab refers to the control room on a truck, where the driver sits. Cab is likewise a part of a locomotive unit with the operating controls for the engine and seats for the train and engine crew.
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chemical plant

Chemical plant refers to an industrial plant where chemicals are produced.