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carburettor

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
carburettor /ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛtə, -bə-/ (US carburetor)

▶noun a device in an internal-combustion engine for mixing air with a fine spray of liquid fuel.

– derivatives
carburetted (US carbureted) adjective.

– origin C19: from archaic carburet ‘combine or charge with carbon’ + -or1.

'carburettor' also found in these Oxford entries:

carb - carburation - choke - float chamber - flood - manifold

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