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carburet

[ kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret ]

verb (used with object)

carbureted, carbureting or (especially British) carburetted, carburetting.
  1. to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.


carburet

/ -bə-; ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛt; ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛt /

verb

  1. tr to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • p·b·e adjective
  • ܲ·b·e adjective
  • ܲ·b·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of carburet1

First recorded in 1865–70; carb- + -uret
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of carburet1

C18: from carb ( on ) + -uret
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Example Sentences

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I drove both the carbureted prototype and a customer’s fuel-injected model, and I much preferred the triple Webers, which didn’t balk as much as the fuelie.

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To Priestly we owe our knowledge of oxygen, binoxide of nitrogen, sulphurous acid, fluosilicic acid, muriatic acid, ammonia, carburetted hydrogen, and carbonic oxide.

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The heat of the steam is taken up by the refrigeration caused by the evaporation of the gasoline, so that at E the compound is carbureted air and cold water.

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J.—Speed, 1,200 revolutions; carbureted alcohol; average force of the explosions, 426.6 pounds per square inch.

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In 1839, Josiah Marshall Heath patented the important application of carburet of manganese to steel in the crucible, which application imparted to the resulting product the properties of varying temper and increased forgeability.

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