cylinder
/ˈsɪlɪndər/
noun
- A solid or hollow shape with straight sides and two circular ends of the same size, like a can or a tube.
- The soup comes in a metal cylinder that you open with a pull tab.
- The storage tank is a large cylinder made of reinforced steel.
- She drew a cylinder on the board to explain the volume formula.
- The part of an engine where a piston moves up and down, creating power.
- If one cylinder fails, the engine will run roughly.
- A car with a V8 engine has eight cylinders arranged in a V shape.
- The mechanic checked each cylinder for signs of wear.
- A metal container that holds compressed gas, such as oxygen or propane.
- The hospital stores medical gas cylinders in a special room.
- The scuba diver carried an oxygen cylinder on her back.
- We need to replace the propane cylinder for the barbecue grill.
- A rotating part of a machine, such as in a printing press or a record player.
- Early phonographs played sound from a wax cylinder.
- The old printing press uses a cylinder to transfer ink onto paper.
- The roller cylinder in the conveyor belt needs lubrication.
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