Home › Words › S › soffiettasoffiettasoffietta means A tool consisting of a metal tube, often swan necked, attached to a conical nozzle. The nozzle is used to block the mouth of a glass vessel so that it can be further inflated by blowing into the tube.EtymologyFrom Italian soffietta, from soffiare + -etta.nounA tool consisting of a metal tube, often swan necked, attached to a conical nozzle. The nozzle is used to block the mouth of a glass vessel so that it can be further inflated by blowing into the tube.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.borsella 54% match — An instrument used for extending or contracting glass. vs soffietta →blowtube 54% match — A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.). vs soffietta →sifflet 53% match — A theatrical whistle. vs soffietta →bombolo 53% match — A thin spheroidal glass retort (flask), in which camphor is sublimed. vs soffietta →inblow 52% match — To blow into; puff up; inflate. vs soffietta →snoff 52% match — A short candle end used for igniting a fuse. vs soffietta →bocca 52% match — The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused glass is taken out. vs soffietta →soufflage 51% match — The surrealist technique of blowing liquid paint to inspire or reveal an image. vs soffietta →