carburet

[ kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret ]

verb (used with object)

, car·bu·ret·ed, car·bu·ret·ing or (especially British) car·bu·ret·ted, car·bu·ret·ting.

1. to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.

carburet

/ -bə-; ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛt; ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛt /

verb

1. tr to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds

Other Words From

• hyper·carbu·reted adjective
• un·carbu·reted adjective
• un·carbu·retted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of carburet¹

First recorded in 1865–70; carb- + -uret

Word History and Origins

Origin of carburet¹

C18: from carb ( on ) + -uret

Example Sentences

I drove both the carbureted prototype and a customer’s fuel-injected model, and I much preferred the triple Webers, which didn’t balk as much as the fuelie.

From Wall Street Journal

To Priestly we owe our knowledge of oxygen, binoxide of nitrogen, sulphurous acid, fluosilicic acid, muriatic acid, ammonia, carburetted hydrogen, and carbonic oxide.

From Project Gutenberg

The heat of the steam is taken up by the refrigeration caused by the evaporation of the gasoline, so that at E the compound is carbureted air and cold water.

From Project Gutenberg

J.—Speed, 1,200 revolutions; carbureted alcohol; average force of the explosions, 426.6 pounds per square inch.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1839, Josiah Marshall Heath patented the important application of carburet of manganese to steel in the crucible, which application imparted to the resulting product the properties of varying temper and increased forgeability.

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