carburetor
noun
car·bu·re·tor
ˈkär-bə-ˌrā-tər 
-byə-
: a mechanical apparatus for premixing vaporized fuel and air in proper proportions and supplying the mixture to an internal combustion engine
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It’s equipped with three carburetors and is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox that sends power to the rear axle.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
One of the two carburetors was bad, so Johnson took the car to his mechanic, Larry Anderson, who took care of that and some of its other mechanical problems.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
After Hamilton, a unit of UTC (then United Technologies Corp.) that made airline carburetors, deicing systems, and engine mounts, bought Sundstrand to create its Hamilton Sundstrand unit in 1999, Gitlin moved into operations.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
Pull the lever if your carburetor doesn't have an automatic choke.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
One of the two carburetors was bad, so Johnson took the car to his mechanic, Larry Anderson, who took care of that and some of its other mechanical problems.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
After Hamilton, a unit of UTC (then United Technologies Corp.) that made airline carburetors, deicing systems, and engine mounts, bought Sundstrand to create its Hamilton Sundstrand unit in 1999, Gitlin moved into operations.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
Pull the lever if your carburetor doesn't have an automatic choke.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024
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carburetor
noun
car·bu·re·tor
ˈkär-b(y)ə-ˌrāt-ər
: the part of an engine in which fuel (as gasoline) is mixed with air to make it burn easily
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