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combustor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
com-bus-tor
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin combustor, from combūrō + -tor.

Inflected Forms

combustors (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

combure comburent combust combuster combustibility combustible combustion combustive

Questions

What does combustor mean?
A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced.
Where does combustor come from?
Borrowed from Latin combustor, from combūrō + -tor.

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