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cowl flap

cowl flap noun: a small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.

Noun

cowl flap (plural cowl flaps)

  1. A small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.

Forms of cowl flap

pluralcowl flaps

Questions about cowl flap

What does cowl flap mean?
Cowl flap means a small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.
What part of speech is cowl flap?
Cowl flap is a noun.
What is the plural of cowl flap?
The plural of cowl flap is cowl flaps.

Words near cowl flap in the dictionary

  1. cowkid
  2. cowkids
  3. cowkind
  4. cowkini
  5. cowl
  6. cowl flap
  7. cowl flaps
  8. cowl unit
  9. cowl units
  10. cowl-staff
  11. cowl-staffs

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