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| 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] |
| piping |
a thin cylinder of fabric used to decorate or trim clothing or cloth. [1/6 definitions] |
| piston ring |
a thin split metal ring that fits around a piston, in an automobile or other engine, to ensure a tight seal between the piston and the cylinder. |
| platen |
in a printing press, the flat plate or rotating cylinder that presses the paper against the inked surface. [1/2 definitions] |
| Quonset hut |
trademark for a prebuilt shelter of corrugated metal, having the shape of a halved cylinder standing on its flat side, sometimes used for storage. |
| reel1 |
a cylinder, spool, or the like that usu. turns on an axis, and on which cord, wire, tape, film, or the like can be wound. [1/4 definitions] |
| roll |
to be formed into a curl, ball, or cylinder. [3/32 definitions] |
| roller |
a cylinder or similar object around which something is rolled. [2/4 definitions] |
| rolling pin |
a hard smooth cylinder of wood or marble, usu. having handles at each end, that is used to roll out dough. |
| rotary press |
a printing press with the type mounted on plates on a rotating cylinder, fed by a continuous roll of paper. |
| rotogravure |
a printing process in which images or letters etched on a copper cylinder are transferred to paper or a similar surface in a rotary press. [1/2 definitions] |
| Russian roulette |
a deadly game of chance in which each participant takes a turn at spinning the cylinder of a revolver that holds only one bullet, pointing it at his or her own head, and pulling the trigger. [1/2 definitions] |
| shako |
a tall, stiff, cylinder-shaped military dress hat with a front visor and a plume. |
| spark plug |
a device threaded into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine that produces sparks that ignite fuel. [1/2 definitions] |
| steam engine |
an engine in which pressurized steam supplies mechanical energy, usu. by moving a piston in a closed cylinder. |
| Stirling engine |
an external-combustion engine in which the fuel ignited outside the cylinder releases heat that is transferred into the cylinder to a pressurized gas, which moves the pistons. |
| test tube |
a thin hollow glass cylinder, closed at one end, that is used chiefly in biological and chemical laboratories, esp. in conducting experiments. |
| tube |
a hollow cylinder made of glass, metal, or rubber used esp. for holding or conveying liquids. [3/8 definitions] |
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