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cylinder heads

cylinder heads is the plural of cylinder head.

Meaning of cylinder head

Noun

cylinder head (plural cylinder heads)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
  2. A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.
    • Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

Questions about cylinder heads

What is cylinder heads the plural of?
Cylinder heads is the plural of cylinder head.

Words near cylinder heads in the dictionary

  1. cylinder
  2. cylinder function
  3. cylinder functions
  4. cylinder glass
  5. cylinder head
  6. cylinder heads
  7. cylinder mower
  8. cylinder mowers
  9. cylinder-head-sector
  10. cylindered
  11. cylinderer

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