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combustor


com·bus·tor

noun \-ˈbəs-tər\

Definition of COMBUSTOR

: a chamber (as in a gas turbine or a jet engine) in which combustion occurs —called also combustion chamber
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First Known Use of COMBUSTOR

1945

Rhymes with COMBUSTOR

adjuster, ballbuster, blockbuster, brain truster, clot-buster, crop duster, deluster, gangbuster, lackluster, pass muster, sodbuster, trustbuster

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