cylinder
/ˈsɪl·ən·dər/ n [C] (ENGINE PART)Definition
› the tube-shaped part of an engine inside of which the piston (= part that causes the fuel to produce power) moves up and down: The engine isn’t firing on all its cylinders.
(Definition of cylinder n (ENGINE PART) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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