hollow+cylinder

  • 101tubes — tuːb /tju n. hollow cylinder; elongated hollow object; pipette, pipe; tunnel; subway, metro (British) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 102pipe — I. /paɪp / (say puyp) noun 1. a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, etc., or for some other purpose; a tube. 2. any of various tubular or cylindrical objects, parts, or formations. 3. a… …

  • 103piston — /ˈpɪstən / (say pistuhn) noun 1. a movable disc or cylinder fitting closely within a tube or hollow cylinder, and capable of being driven alternately forwards and backwards in the tube by pressure, as in an internal combustion engine, thus… …

  • 104tube — ► NOUN 1) a long, hollow cylinder for conveying or holding liquids or gases. 2) a flexible metal or plastic container sealed at one end and having a cap at the other. 3) a hollow cylindrical organ or structure in an animal or plant. 4) Brit.… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 105drum — drum1 or drumfish [drum′fish΄drum] n. [< Du trom, akin to MLowG trumme, drum, OHG trumba, of echoic orig.] 1. a) a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over the end or ends,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 106rocket motor — n. a rocket engine, specif. one having a solid propellant formed into a long, hollow cylinder: the cylinder serves as the combustion chamber when the propellant is ignited …

    English World dictionary

  • 107test tube — noun glass tube closed at one end (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑tubing * * * noun : a tube for simple tests that is usually a plain tube of thin glass closed at one end but sometimes has a foot, bulb, graduated scale, or other modification * * * …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 108Airometer — Air*om e*ter, n. [Air + meter.] A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 109Circulating pump — Pump Pump, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.] An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 110cora humming bird — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English