Carburetor

[Sarah]

An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passedthrough or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer orincrease illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]

[Sarah]

The rush hole of a pipe or bong.

[Becky]

A type of device used in engines to meter ([regulate]) fuel flow into an airstream by the way of a metering valve, an [emulsion] tube (main nozzle), and a [venturi].

[Britney]

A device in an internal combustion engine for mixing air with a fine spray of liquid fuel.

[Merna]

A fuel delivery device for producing a proper mixture of gasoline vapor and air and for delivering it to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. Gasoline is gravity-fed from a reservoir bowl into a throttle bore, where it is allowed to evaporate into the stream of air being inducted by the engine. Also see Diesel Fuel System and Fuel Injection.