Carburet Definition

kärbə-rāt, -rĕt, -byə-

carbureted, carbureting, carburets, carburetted, carburetting

verb

To combine chemically with carbon.

Webster's New World

To mix or charge (a gas or air) with volatile compounds of carbon in order to increase the potential heat energy.

Webster's New World

To carburize.

American Heritage

To react with carbon.

Wiktionary

noun

A carbide.

Carburet of sulfur.

American Heritage

Origin of Carburet

From carburet carbide from French carbure from Latin carbō carbon carbon

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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