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turbo

[ tur-boh ]
/ ˈtɜr boʊ /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR turbo

noun, plural tur·bos.

turbine.
Informal. turbocharger.
an automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine equipped with a turbocharger.

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Origin of turbo

1655–65, in sense “tornado”; 1900–05 for def. 1; in part <Latin turbō top, whirlwind, in part by shortening of turbocharged or turbocharger

Words nearby turbo

turbine blade, turbinectomy, turbine ventilator, turbinotomy, turbit, turbo, turbocar, turbocharge, turbocharger, turbo-electric, turbofan

Definition for turbo (2 of 2)

turbo-

a combining form representing turbine in compound words: turbojet.

Origin of turbo-

turb(ine) + -o-
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Words related to turbo

airplane, plane, airbus, supersonic, supersonic transport

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British Dictionary definitions for turbo

turbo-

combining form

of, relating to, or driven by a turbineturbofan
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