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turbine

tur·bine

turbine

 
pronunciation:
tuhr baIn [or] tuhr bihn
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part of speech: noun
definition: an engine driven by a moving fluid, such as water, steam, or air, that pushes against the blades or paddles attached to a central shaft.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)turbine advanced, ceramic, combined, conventional, efficient, electric, existing, giant, high-pressure, huge, hydraulic, hydroelectric, industrial, lightweight, massive, natural, offshore, residential, solar, typical, vertical, worldwide  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)turbine burn, damage, design, disconnect, drive, equip, erect, expand, fire, fix, manufacture, power, rotate, shut, wind
(n.)turbine + verb build, consist, convert, cool, exhaust, generate, heat, incorporate, install, monitor, mount, operate, produce, range, spin, supply, whine
noun + (n.)turbine Help advance, aircraft, alloy, application, award, bat, bearing, boiler, ceramic, coal, combustion, cooling, cycle, dam, emission, energy, engineering, exchanger, flow, gas, generation, grid, impulse, institute, jet, maker, panel, prototype, recovery, shaft, steam, tip, vibration, whine, wind, windmill  [See all][See only the most frequent]
Word Parts  About this feature
The word turbine contains the following part:
turb Latin root that means confusion