combustion chamber

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. a chamber, as in an engine or boiler, where combustion occurs.

---

combustion chamber British  

noun

1. an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn

---

combustion chamber Scientific  

1. An enclosure in which combustion, especially of a fuel or propellant, is initiated and controlled.

2. See also internal-combustion engine

---

Etymology

Origin of combustion chamber

First recorded in 1850–55

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

combustion chamber

Connecting the combustion chamber to a turbine and converting its intense combustion into electricity created an additional engineering challenge.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The need for cooling meant redesigning the combustion chamber itself, and incorporating a new air-to-water heat exchanger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“Interstellar Technologies Inc. recently performed a combustion chamber static fire test at Japan’s Hokkaido Spaceport as part of the development of the Cosmos engine for its Zero rocket,” the report said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

“It’s a combustion chamber of trauma — that’s what Memphis is,” said Mr. Franklin, 36.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

One closes the passage connecting to the gas supply and opens during one stroke of the piston in order to let the explosive gas into the combustion chamber.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---