leaf blower

noun

: a machine that generates a current of air used to collect loose leaves and debris

He figures it would take two men with rakes and brooms a half hour to clear a typical driveway of a week's worth of leaves, or one man five minutes with a leaf blower.

—Evelyn Nieves

Examples of leaf blower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On an overcast Saturday morning in late September, with Missouri's summer heat seemingly broken at last, the sounds of lawnmowers and leaf blowers filled the air as Luckfield began knocking doors in a neighborhood 20 miles west of the Gateway Arch. — Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

The man rushes to the garage, grabs a crate of tools and a leaf blower and gets back inside the vehicle, which then reverses and drives off. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Use a leaf blower when the leaf litter gets heavy—or hire someone else to do it. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2026

As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrives. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for leaf blower

• goer
• grower
• jowar
• knower
• lower
• mower
• rower
• slower
• sower
• thrower
• whistleblower