NOUN | artifact | gasoline engine, petrol engine | an internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline |
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Meaning | An internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines. | |
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Synonym | petrol engine | |
Part of | car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar | A motor vehicle with four wheels |
Parts | inlet manifold | manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders |
Narrower | put-put | A small gasoline engine (as on motor boat) |
Broader | internal-combustion engine, ICE | A heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace |
Spanish | motor de gasolina | |
Catalan | motor de gasolina |
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