carburettor
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When I was young, my dad repainted the kitchen and replaced our Cortina’s carburettor while Mum made me toast for breakfast and washed my grass-stained clothes.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2016
A light aircraft crash at Caernarfon which killed the son of the pilot was probably caused by the carburettor icing up, an inquest has heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2014
The pilot could not remember when or for how long he had applied carburettor heating in an attempt to clear the ice, it added.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2014
Tilly Shilling was an engineer who located and fixed a carburettor problem which caused Spitfire engines to stall in mid-air combat, and in so doing quite possibly turned the tide of the second world war.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2013
As regards carburation, an automatic air valve surrounds the throat of the carburettor, maintaining normal composition of mixture.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
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