carburet
carburet
Definition
car·bu·ret (kär′byo̵̅o̅ rāt′, -ret′; -bə-)
transitive verb carbureted -·ret′ed or carburetted -·ret′·ted, carbureting -·ret′·ing or carburetting -·ret′·ting
- to combine chemically with carbon
- to mix or charge (a gas or air) with volatile compounds of carbon in order to increase the potential heat energy
Etymology: carb(o)- + -uret
Browse dictionary entries near carburet
- carbuncular
- carbuncle
- carboy
- carboxylic
- carboxylation
- carboxylating
- carboxylated
- carboxylate
- carboxylase
- carboxyl
- carburetant
- carbureted
- carbureting
- carburetion
- carburetor
- carburetted
- carburetting
- carburettor
- carburization
- carburize
