Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A device used in internal-combustion engines to produce an explosive mixture of vaporized fuel and air.
Wiktionary
- n. US A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.
- n. One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a surface carburetor, or alternatively a float carburetor (called also float-feed carburetor, or spray carburetor). In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline.
WordNet 3.0
- n. mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion
Etymologies
- From carburet. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I use the brush first rapped with a cleaning patch soaked in carburetor cleaner.”
“KC - he does! you outed yourself by using the word carburetor, you know.lol. anonymous - my sentiments, exactly.”
“To the reservoir is attached the carburetor, which is connected to the motor by a pipe.”
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
“After googling "carburetor," I discovered my car doesn't have one.”
“The gasoline comes in here from the tank behind -- this is called the carburetor, it has a jet to vaporize the gasoline, and the vapour is sucked into each of these cylinders in turn when the piston moves -- like this. ”
“Need you to run down to Earl's and get my carburetor.”
“I taught myself multivariable calculus, and when the carburetor on my Mustang died, I fixed it myself.”
“If you choose to put an additive in the tank, make sure you clean out the fuel from the line and the carburetor.”
“Talladega Superspeedway, a sister track to Daytona because of its size and a rule requiring carburetor restrictor plates to choke airflow to the engine and reduce speeds, was repaved two years ago, and drivers ran in single-file lines for much of 500 miles in a race last fall that was roundly criticized.”
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