"combustor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: combustors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin combustor. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|combustor}} Latin combustor Head templates: {{en-noun}} combustor (plural combustors)
  1. A chamber acting as the furnace in a jet engine or turbine engine, where intense combustion is induced. Translations (chamber acting as the furnace in a jet or turbine engine): verbrandingskamer (Dutch), brännkammare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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