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combustor

combustor noun: a chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Noun

combustor (plural combustors)

  1. A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Forms of combustor

pluralcombustors

Origin of combustor

Borrowed from Latin combustor, from combūrō + -tor.

Questions about combustor

What does combustor mean?
Combustor means a chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
What part of speech is combustor?
Combustor is a noun.
What is the plural of combustor?
The plural of combustor is combustors.

Words near combustor in the dictionary

  1. combustion triangles
  2. combustionary
  3. combustions
  4. combustious
  5. combustive
  6. combustor
  7. combustors
  8. combusts
  9. combwise
  10. comby
  11. Comcar

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