car·bu·ret (kär b -r t , -r t, -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. [From carburet, carbide, from French carbure, from Latin carb  , carbon; see carbon.]car·bu·re tion n. |
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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| Verb | 1. | 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 |
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