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spraybar

/ˈspreɪ ˌbɑː(ɹ)/

spraybar noun: a device consisting of a bar or pipe with multiple openings or nozzles, designed to distribute a fluid, such as water, insecticide, or fuel, over a specific area or surface.

Noun

spraybar (plural spraybars)

  1. A device consisting of a bar or pipe with multiple openings or nozzles, designed to distribute a fluid, such as water, insecticide, or fuel, over a specific area or surface.
    • If this valve is open to the spraybar, the bitumen passes into the spraybar, the bitumen passes into the spraybar is prayed out through the nozzle into the pugmill.1942, Mobile Pugmill Mixing Plant (War Department; TMS5-1280), Barber-Greene Company, page 67
    • The spraybar of the Enresco rig should be completely redesigned with special attention devoted to nozzle size and spacing.1980 Feb, Y.A. Demirjian, D.R. Kendrick, M.L. Smith, T.R. Westman, MUSKEGON COUNTY WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Progress Report 1968 through 1975, Muskegon, Michigan 49442: Muskegon County...

Forms of spraybar

pluralspraybars
alternative formspray bar

Origin of spraybar

From spray + bar.

Questions about spraybar

What does spraybar mean?
Spraybar means a device consisting of a bar or pipe with multiple openings or nozzles, designed to distribute a fluid, such as water, insecticide, or fuel, over a specific area or surface.
What part of speech is spraybar?
Spraybar is a noun.
How do you pronounce spraybar?
Spraybar is pronounced /ˈspreɪ ˌbɑː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of spraybar?
The plural of spraybar is spraybars.

Words near spraybar in the dictionary

  1. sprayability
  2. sprayable
  3. sprayables
  4. sprayball
  5. sprayballs
  6. spraybar
  7. spraybars
  8. Sprayberry
  9. Sprayberrys
  10. sprayboard
  11. sprayboards

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