carburetor
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bəˌreɪ noun
a device for mixing vaporized fuel with air to produce a combustible or explosive mixture, as for an internal-combustion engine.
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carburettor, (US) carburetter or (US) carburetor (ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtə, ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛtə, -bə-, ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtə, ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛtə, -bə-, ˈkɑːbjʊˌreɪtə, -bə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| Compare fuel injection Informal term: carb a device used in petrol engines for atomizing the petrol, controlling its mixture with air, and regulating the intake of the air-petrol mixture into the engine | |
| carburetter, (US) carburetter or (US) carburetor | |
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| carburetor, (US) carburetter or (US) carburetor | |
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Word Origin & History
carburetor
1866, from carburet "compound of carbon and another substance" (1795), from carb- + -uret, an archaic suffix formed from Mod.L. -uretum to parallel Fr. words in -ure. Motor vehicle sense is from 1896.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He may well follow astrology quite fervently, but he doesn't apply it to cleaning the carburetor.
Both the fuel tank and carburetor undergo temperature rises with the carburetor experiencing the higher peak temperatures.
The catalytic converter was a necessary evil prior to fuel injection, when the car had a carburetor, but those days are gone.
It's as though a mechanic reworks an automobile's fuel system to compensate for a faulty carburetor.
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