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What is the noun for carburettors?

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carburetor
  1. (US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mechanic inspected the carburetor to ensure proper fuel vaporization and air mixture before fixing the engine.”
      “On some cars you might have a lever that allowed you to crudely adjust the flow of fuel through the carburetor.”
      “It had something to do with the fuel freezing somewhere between the carburetor and the engine.”
carburetion
  1. The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The subjects of carburetion, ignition, cooling and lubrication also are covered in a thorough manner.”
      “Describes minutely all auxiliary systems, such as lubrication, carburetion and ignition.”
      “Some of the matters discussed were the four-cycle engine, carburetion, transmission and differential, and the storage battery.”
carburettor
  1. (automotive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of carburetor (“device in an internal combustion engine”)
  2. Examples:
    1. “We came to a grinding halt on the side of the road to find petrol leaking from the bottom of the carburettor.”
      “Simply put, if driven front first up a slope, the petrol would not feed the carburettor and the engine would conk out.”
      “It turned out that the float had been vibrating against the body of the carburettor and had worn a little hole through it.”
carburation
  1. Alternative spelling of carburetion
  2. Examples:
    1. “In some cases, carburation which has been properly set up in particular conditions can then be upset by certain factors.”
      “Whether the slow pick-up from a standing start is down to this, or gearing or carburation problems, it's just not right.”
      “It's the first time I've used this type and so matching the programming to the carburation is going to keep us busy.”
carbureter
  1. Alternative spelling of carburetor
  2. Examples:
    1. “There was a daredevil gleam in her lamps which set my carbureter a-splutter.”
carburetter
  1. Alternative spelling of carburetor
carburations
  1. plural of carburation; Alternative spelling of carburetions
carburetions
  1. plural of carburetion
carburettors
  1. plural of carburettor
carburetters
  1. plural of carburetter
carbureters
  1. plural of carbureter
carburetors
  1. plural of carburetor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He switched the fuel pump on and off at the top end in an attempt to keep the fuel mixing in the carburetors.”
      “Those races stand out because restrictor plates are put on the carburetors to keep horsepower down.”
      “In this case, beauty really is skin deep because no one is pining for drum brakes, beam axles and carburetors.”
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