carburet

American  

[kahr-buh-reyt, -byuh-, -byuh-ret] / ˈkɑr bəˌreɪt, -byə-, -byəˌrɛt /

verb (used with object)

carbureted, carbureting, carburetted, carburetting

1. to combine or mix with carbon or hydrocarbons.

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carburet British  

/ -bə-, ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛt, ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛt /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• hypercarbureted adjective
• uncarbureted adjective
• uncarburetted adjective

Etymology

Origin of carburet

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

Example Sentences

I used to think he was a carburetor,— and then I read a few pages of him—no, he just didn't carburet.

From Time Magazine Archive

But isooctane alone makes a poor fuel because it is not volatile enough, does not readily carburet into explodible vapor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sea, with its various colors, appeared strangely transparent, and endowed with a wonderful dispersive quality, as if it had been made with carburet of sulphur.

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard

From what has just been stated, it appears that the other metals more generally exist in cast iron, in a state of alloy with pure iron, which is intimately mixed with the carburet.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert