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Webster 1913 Edition


Carburet

Car′bu-ret

,
Noun.
[From
Carbon
.]
(Chem.)
A carbide. See
Carbide
[Archaic]

Car′bu-ret

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Carbureted
or
Carburetted
([GREEK]);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Carbureting
or
Carburetting
.]
To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
By
carbureting
the gas you may use poorer coal.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carburet

CARBURET

,
Noun.
A combination of carbon with a metal, earth or alkali. A combination of carbon with a simple inflammable or a metal.

Definition 2024


carburet

carburet

English

Alternative forms

Verb

carburet (third-person singular simple present carburets, present participle carbureting or carburetting, simple past and past participle carbureted or carburetted)

  1. (transitive) to react with carbon
  2. (transitive) to mix (air) with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine.
    • It can be a real challenge to get things to carburate right after something as simple as an exhaust pipe change.
    • A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough, 1913:
      One jet is constantly open and exposed to the suction of the incoming air and suffices to furnish the gasoline required properly to carburate the air entering at small and moderate gas demands.

Derived terms

Noun

carburet (plural carburets)

  1. (chemistry, dated) A carbide.