cylinder head
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈsɪlɪndər hɛd/
- Specialized
:
cabeza de cilindro
- So up here in the cylinder head, you have your intake and exhaust valves and your spark plug.
- covered the cylinder head
Examples
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Then, in the late summer of 1991, engine builder Jackson found some additional horsepower for his team by coming up with a new cylinder head design.
Blog text (30) -
The mechanic inspected the cylinder head for any signs of damage after the engine overheated.
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His cylinder head seized up, I think.
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We blew out a cylinder head.
Blog text (20) -
There's a danger you might have cracked the cylinder head.
Fiction book (1994) -
Vivo is watching Pantucci working over a metal lathe, repairing the cylinder head.
Fiction book (1998) -
Stefan removed the cover from the cylinder head and began searching with a wand-shaped light for the spills of oil that would indicate a cracked head.
Fiction book (1994) -
NACA engineers, led by Fred Weick, started testing various cowlings, which covered the cylinder heads, in the Propeller Research Tunnel.
Academic text (2003) -
Replacing the cylinder head can improve the engine's performance by ensuring proper compression.
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He carefully reinstalled the cylinder head after checking all the valves and spark plugs.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun–noun compound transparently denotes the 'head' (end/cover) of a 'cylinder' (the chamber), so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a standard part-naming pattern found across languages and, despite being technical, would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Cylinder head comes from the simple image of a cylinder, a tube, with a head or 'lid' on top in an engine. This metal 'lid' closes the cylinder and holds parts like valves and spark plugs, so the name means the removable top part of a cylinder in an engine.