cylinder block
noun Automotive.
the metal casting in which the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine are bored.
Also called
block,
engine block.
Origin of cylinder block
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby cylinder block
cygnus x-1,
cyke,
cyl.,
cylinder,
cylinder barrel,
cylinder block,
cylinder desk,
cylinder front,
cylinder glass,
cylinder head,
cylinder press
Example sentences from the Web for cylinder block
Otherwise the steam pressure will force the cylinder-block faces apart and steam leakage will result.
Boys' Book of Model Boats |Raymond Francis Yates
British Dictionary definitions for cylinder block
cylinder block
noun
the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
Sometimes shortened to: block