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| Main Entry: |
cylinder
 [sil-in-der] 
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a geometrical form |
| Synonyms: | barrel, circular solid, volumetric curve |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large roll of material |
| Synonyms: | coil, curl, cylinder, package, spindle, spiral, twist |
| Main Entry: | column |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
| Synonyms: | brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
Example Sentences
- You'll typically see three pairs of wires running into the back of the cylinder.
- But it's a start, and it did a pretty good job of hiding a copper cylinder.
- The cylinder can be reinstalled by following the procedure approximately in reverse.
| Main Entry: | compact disc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recording of music or speech |
| Synonyms: | CD, album, cut*, cylinder, demo, digital recording, disk, laser disk, record, release, track |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
| Synonyms: | agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | filling/filler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that takes up |
| Synonyms: | bushing, capacity batting, cartridge, center, content, contents, cylinder, dressing, fill, guts*, impletion, inlay, innards, inside, layer, liner, mixture, pack, packing, pad, padding, refill, replenishment, shim, stuffing, wad, wadding |
| Antonyms: | emptiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | motor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engine |
| Synonyms: | cylinder, diesel, generator, mechanism, piston, power train, transformer, turbine, what's under the hood |
| Main Entry: | rod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, pole |
| Synonyms: | baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cylindrical object |
| Synonyms: | ball, barrel, bobbin, cartouche, coil, cone, convolution, cornucopia, cylinder, fold, reel, rundle, scroll, shell, spiral, spool, trundle, volute, wheel, whorl |
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