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car·bu·ret 
[kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret] Pronunciation Key
[kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -ret·ed, -ret·ing or (especially British) -ret·ted, -ret·ting.
) -ret·ted, -ret·ting. | to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons. |
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| car·bu·ret
(kär'bə-rāt', -rět', -byə-) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. car·bu·ret·ed or car·bu·ret·ted, car·bu·ret·ing or car·bu·ret·ting, car·bu·rets To combine or mix (a gas, for example) with volatile hydrocarbons, so as to increase available fuel energy. [From carburet, carbide, from French carbure, from Latin carbō, carbon; see carbon.] car·bu·re'tion n. |
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