carburet

American  

[kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret] / ˈkɑr bəˌreɪt, -byə-, -byəˌrɛt /

verb (used with object)

carbureted, carbureting, carburetted, carburetting

1. to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.

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carburet British  

/ -bə-, ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛt, ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛt /

verb

1. (tr) to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds

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Other Word Forms

• hypercarbureted adjective
• uncarbureted adjective
• uncarburetted adjective

Etymology

Origin of carburet

First recorded in 1865–70; carb- + -uret

Example Sentences

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Project Gutenberg

When a current of air is passed over the surface of gasoline it becomes carbureted or charged with its vapors to saturation.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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