water jacket

water jacket

noun
a water-filled casing or compartment used to water-cool something, as an engine or machine gun.

Origin:
1865–70

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Water jacket is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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wa·ter-jack·et

[waw-ter-jak-it, wot-er-]
verb (used with object)
to surround or fit with a water jacket.

Origin:
1875–80
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water jacket
 
n
Compare air jacket a water-filled envelope or container surrounding a machine, engine, or part for cooling purposes, esp the casing around the cylinder block of a pump or internal-combustion engine

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