combustion chamber
noun Machinery.
a chamber, as in an engine or boiler, where combustion occurs.
Origin of combustion chamber
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby combustion chamber
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combustible,
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combustion engine,
combustion tube,
combustor,
comby's sign,
comd.
Example sentences from the Web for combustion chamber
Fourth: Close the doors of the ash-pit and of the combustion-chamber and start the draft by means of the fan.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants |R. E. Mathot
British Dictionary definitions for combustion chamber
combustion chamber
noun
an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn
Scientific definitions for combustion chamber
combustion chamber
An enclosure in which combustion, especially of a fuel or propellant, is initiated and controlled. See also internal-combustion engine.