"crankcase" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "crank + case",
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      "form": "crankcases",
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        "plural"
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          "ref": "1960 January, “The Swindon Type \"4\" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 41",
          "text": "The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end.",
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        "The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft."
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          "crankshaft",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "alt": "ʕulba(t) al-mirfaq",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "word": "krumtaphus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "word": "kampikammio"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "strofalothálamos",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "στροφαλοθάλαμος"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "beyt gal arkuba",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "בֵּית גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cárter"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "karter ulja"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vevhus"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "crankcase",
          "word": "ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "crankcase"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "crank + case",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "crankcases",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      ],
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          "crankshaft"
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      "alt": "ʕulba(t) al-mirfaq",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "word": "krumtaphus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "word": "kampikammio"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "strofalothálamos",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στροφαλοθάλαμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "beyt gal arkuba",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cárter"
    },
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      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "karter ulja"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vevhus"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "crankcase",
      "word": "ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crankcase"
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