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    CYLINDER BLOCK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engineplay

    Example:

    the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked

    Synonyms:

    block; cylinder block; engine block

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("cylinder block" is a kind of...):

    cast; casting (object formed by a mold)

    Meronyms (parts of "cylinder block"):

    cylinder; piston chamber (a chamber within which piston moves)

    Holonyms ("cylinder block" is a part of...):

    ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)

    reciprocating engine (an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders)

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