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| barber pole |
a pole or cylinder with red and white spiral stripes, by which barbers indicate the location of their shops. |
| barrel organ |
a portable musical instrument consisting of a cylinder fitted with pegs or pins that either open valves to a series of pipes or strike metal tongues when the cylinder is rotated; hand organ. |
| baton |
in track and field, a hollow cylinder that is carried and passed from one runner to the next on a relay team. [1/4 definitions] |
| beaker |
a flat-bottomed glass cylinder with a beak or pouring spout, used esp. by chemists. [1/3 definitions] |
| bore1 |
the interior diameter of a tube or cylinder, esp. the barrel of a firearm. [1/7 definitions] |
| cam |
in machinery, a noncircular disc or cylinder that, when rotated, imparts an up-and-down or start-and-stop motion to a connected part. |
| cheese |
a mass of this substance with a specific form, such as a cylinder, wheel, or block. [1/3 definitions] |
| compression |
the reduction in volume and increase in pressure of air or air mixed with fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine prior to ignition, or the engine cycle in which this process takes place. [1/3 definitions] |
| compression ratio |
in an internal-combustion engine, the ratio of the largest to the smallest volume of a cylinder measured at the top and bottom of the piston stroke. |
| corn1 |
a tall cereal plant that produces cylinder-shaped ears with rows of edible yellow or white seeds. [1/7 definitions] |
| cyl. |
abbreviation of "cylinder." |
| cylinder |
any object having the shape of a circular cylinder. [3/5 definitions] |
| cylinder head |
of the cylinder in an internal-combustion engine, the closed, often detachable end opposite to that from which the piston or connecting rod projects. |
| cylindrical |
of, concerning, or in the shape of a cylinder. |
| external-combustion engine |
an engine in which the combustion of fuel occurs outside the cylinder or turbine, as in a steam engine. |
| firecracker |
a small paper cylinder filled with gunpowder, used as a noisemaker, esp. during celebrations. |
| gabion |
a metal cylinder filled with stones, used in the building of foundations, dams, and jetties. [1/2 definitions] |
| inject |
to introduce (a fluid) or introduce a fluid into (someone or something) by force or pressure, as fuel into an engine cylinder, or a medicine into a muscle or vein. [1/2 definitions] |
| internal-combustion engine |
an engine, esp. an automobile engine, that is powered by the heat and pressure produced by the burning of a mixture of fuel and air in a cylinder or cylinders. |
| maize |
(chiefly British) a tall cereal plant that produces cylinder-shaped ears with rows of edible yellow or white seeds that can be eaten as a vegetable; corn. [1/3 definitions] |
| pencil |
an implement for writing, drawing, or marking that consists of a slender core of graphite, carbon, crayon, or the like, usu. enclosed in or held by a cylinder of wood, plastic, or metal. [1/4 definitions] |
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