Definition of air-box
plural air-boxes
:a chamber in a motor vehicle through which air is drawn and filtered before passing into the carburetors or fuel injectors
- One of the car’s neatest features is a flap on the intake air-box beneath the hood that opens above 3,000 rpm, emitting a wild, flat intake moan under acceleration.
- —Terry Box, Dallas Morning News, 8 June 2008
