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carburettor

UK/ˈkɑːb(j)əˌɹɛtə/US/ˈkɑɹb(j)əˌɹeɪtɚ/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,263 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: carburettors

A carburettor is the old part that mixed fuel with air before injection. Clean the carburettor, a twin carburettor, the carburettor is flooded.

It worked by suction alone, with air rushing through a narrow throat drawing petrol in, which is why it needed a choke on cold mornings. Fuel injection replaced it in cars during the 1980s and 1990s.

Scheinwerfermann · Public domain

Definitions of carburettor

  1. 1nouncarburettorThe old part that mixed fuel with air before injection.C1

    “My grandfather's old motorbike wouldn't start until he cleaned the carburettor.”

carburettor is a part.

Where it comes from

carburetor Attested from 1862, from carburet + -or. The motor vehicle sense is attested since 1896

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Vehicles & Machines

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carburettor in the wild

  • With the decline of the British motorcycle industry, the use of Amal carburettors declined, but they are still produced under different ownership as spares for the classic market.

    Amal (carburettor)

  • The identifying feature of 1930s CS1 Models is the stub fitted carburettor - Inter models had a bolt-on TT carburettor.

    Norton CS1

  • The engine was released with a two-barrel carburettor and a point type distributor.

    Nissan TB engine

  • Fitted with a single carburettor it was capable of over 100 mph.

    BSA Thunderbolt

  • Initially produced in single and twin carburettor versions, the single carb version was soon discontinued.

    Norton 650 Dominator

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.