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Noun: cylinder block  si-lin-dur blók
  1. A metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
    "the engine had to be replaced because the cylinder block was cracked"
    - engine block, block

Derived forms: cylinder blocks

Type of: cast, casting

Part of: ICE, internal-combustion engine, reciprocating engine

Encyclopedia: Cylinder block

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