English Explanatory Dictionary

combustor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Word forms

combustor combustors

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin combustor.

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