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dry bays

dry bays is the plural of dry bay.

Meaning of dry bay

Noun

dry bay (plural dry bays)

  1. An enclosed compartment immediately adjacent to a fuel tank but not itself used for fuel.
    • The compartment between SWB3 and the front spar was originally equipped with a bladder cell for water and plumbing to inject that water into the engines to increase engine thrust on takeoff. When the original engines were replaced with higher thrust engines, water for water injection was not...2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.6.1.1 747-100 Wing Center Section and Center Wing Fuel Tank Description”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic...

Questions about dry bays

What is dry bays the plural of?
Dry bays is the plural of dry bay.

Words near dry bays in the dictionary

  1. dry as a nun's nasty
  2. dry as dust
  3. dry bar
  4. dry bars
  5. dry bay
  6. dry bays
  7. dry bean
  8. dry beans
  9. dry beat
  10. dry beaten
  11. dry beating

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