carburet (redirected from carburets)

car·bu·ret  (kärb-rt, -rt, -by-)

tr.v. car·bu·ret·ed or car·bu·ret·ted, car·bu·ret·ing or car·bu·ret·ting, car·bu·rets

To combine or mix (a gas, for example) with volatile hydrocarbons, so as to increase available fuel energy.

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[From carburet, carbide, from French carbure, from Latin carb, carbon; see carbon.]

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car·bu·retion n.

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carburet [ˈkɑːbjʊˌrɛt ˌkɑːbjʊˈrɛt -bə-]

vb -rets, -retting, -retted US, -rets -reting, -reted

(Chemistry) (tr) to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds

[from carb(on) + -uret]

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carburet - combine with carbon chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions combine, compound - combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"