glow plug

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noun Automotive, Machinery.

a device for each cylinder of a diesel engine with a heating element to heat the incoming fuel and air so that combustion will take place more readily when the engine is cold.

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Origin of glow plug

First recorded in 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM glow plug

glow-plug, adjective

Words nearby glow plug

glow discharge, glower, glowfly, glowing, glow lamp, glow plug, glowstick, glowworm, gloxinia, gloze, Glu

How to use glow plug in a sentence

TLC promptly pulled the plug on the hit series and Shannon embarked on a press tour denying the claims.
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Just plug it into any TV and get watching—no need to schedule an installation.
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Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.
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And then I reach into my pocket and plug in another quarter.
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Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Thus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
As the bright glow of a little cascade of sparks pierced the darkness, a voice in our rear called sharply: "Hands up!"
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The red glow was so brilliant that the whole river was tinged and made luminous by it.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for glow plug

glow plug

noun

one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weatherAlso called: heater plug

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