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cylinder block

noun

, Automotive.
  1. the metal casting in which the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine are bored.


cylinder block

noun

  1. the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine Sometimes shortened toblock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cylinder block1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

Some of the rescued people had crush injuries from walls, beams or cylinder blocks falling on them, while others had suffered chemical burns from substances used to make candles, The Washington Post reported.

One by one, rescue workers pulled people from the wreckage — men and women with horrific crush injuries from concrete walls, beams and cylinder blocks that had fallen across them.

The cast-iron Chrysler cylinder blocks became a weak point, cracking the main webbings after just a few runs.

At a Ford Motor Co. plant near London, workers manufacture cylinder blocks, crankshafts and other components for Ranger pickup trucks that are sold to buyers across the European Union.

One reduced the thickness of the metal liner of a cylinder block of an engine.

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