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pistons

pistons is the plural of piston.

pistons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of piston.

Meaning of piston

Noun

piston (plural pistons)

  1. A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  2. A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

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Phrases with pistons

Questions about pistons

What is pistons the plural of?
Pistons is the plural of piston.

Words near pistons in the dictionary

  1. pistoning
  2. pistonless
  3. pistonlike
  4. pistonphone
  5. pistonphones
  6. pistons
  7. Pistorius
  8. pistosaur
  9. pistosaurian
  10. pistosaurians
  11. pistosaurid

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