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junk ring

junk ring noun: a wide ring which fits in a groove around the piston of an internal combustion engine to keep it steamtight by retaining the packing in place.

Noun

junk ring (plural junk rings)

  1. A wide ring which fits in a groove around the piston of an internal combustion engine to keep it steamtight by retaining the packing in place.

junk ring meaning in Tamil

junk ring in Tamil

அடைசு வளையம்

Forms of junk ring

pluraljunk rings

Origin of junk ring

From junk + ring, first use appears c. 1839 in the writings of Robert Spencer Robinson.

Questions about junk ring

What does junk ring mean?
Junk ring means a wide ring which fits in a groove around the piston of an internal combustion engine to keep it steamtight by retaining the packing in place.
What is junk ring in Tamil?
Junk ring in Tamil is அடைசு வளையம். See Junk ring meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is junk ring?
Junk ring is a noun.
What is the plural of junk ring?
The plural of junk ring is junk rings.

Words near junk ring in the dictionary

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  10. junk shop
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Adapted from Wiktionary: junk ring (page history and authors); junk ring (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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