four-stroke

[ fawr-strohk, fohr- ]

adjectiveMachinery.

Origin of four-stroke

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

Words Nearby four-stroke

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British Dictionary definitions for four-stroke

four-stroke

adjective
  1. relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine in which the piston makes four strokes for every explosion: US and Canadian name: four-cycle Compare two-stroke

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