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ignition key

ignition key noun: a key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.

Noun

ignition key (plural ignition keys)

  1. A key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
    • She fitted the ignition-key into the switch deftly.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 283

Forms of ignition key

pluralignition keys

Questions about ignition key

What does ignition key mean?
Ignition key means a key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
What part of speech is ignition key?
Ignition key is a noun.
What is the plural of ignition key?
The plural of ignition key is ignition keys.

Words near ignition key in the dictionary

  1. ignition
  2. ignition coil
  3. ignition coils
  4. ignition interlock
  5. ignition interlocks
  6. ignition key
  7. ignition keys
  8. ignition temperature
  9. ignition temperatures
  10. ignition timing
  11. ignition tube test

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