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cylinder block

noun Automotive.

the metal casting in which the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine are bored.

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Also called block, engine block.

Origin of cylinder block

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby cylinder block

Cygnus X-1, cyke, cyl., cylinder, cylinder barrel, cylinder block, cylinder desk, cylinder front, cylinder glass, cylinder head, cylinder press
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Example sentences from the Web for cylinder block

  • Otherwise the steam pressure will force the cylinder-block faces apart and steam leakage will result.

    Boys' Book of Model Boats|Raymond Francis Yates

British Dictionary definitions for cylinder block

cylinder block

noun

the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engineSometimes shortened to: block
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