Associations to the word «Carburetor»

Wiktionary

CARBURETOR, noun. (US) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition.

Dictionary definition

CARBURETOR, noun. Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats