English Explanatory Dictionary

carburet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A carbide.
verb
  1. To react with carbon.
  2. To enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel.
  3. To mix air with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine.
  4. To equip with a carburetor.

Word forms

carburet carburets carburate carbureting carburetting carbureted carburetted

Etymology

Coined in 1788 by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation and partial calque of French carbure, with the original (noun) sense displaced by carbide during the mid-19th century. By surface analysis, carbon + -uret.

Derived words

hydrocarburet percarburet bicarbureted carburetant carbureted carburetion carburetor hydrocarburetted percarburetted supercarbureted supercarburetted uncarbureted uncarburetted
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