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Engine compartment

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Engine compartment"

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engine baynoun(automotive) The section in a vehicle where the engine is situated.
engine roomnoun(figurative) The source of power in a team or other group.
engine housenoun(firefighting) A building for housing a fire engine, a firehouse or fire station.
enginehousenounAlternative form of engine house. [A building housing one or more engines.]
engineroomnounAlternative form of engine room. [(nautical) A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.]
driver's compartmentnounSynonym of cab (compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver).
cockpitnounThe compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
gallerynounAn institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
bodyshellnounThe main body of a motor car, that rests on the chassis and into which is fitted the engine, mechanical and electrical systems, seats etc.
cabsidenounThe side of a railway engine cab.
auto bodynounThe field, business, or occupation of repairing such bodies.
sumpnounA hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
bunkernoun(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
nacellenoun(aviation) A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
incarnoun(metaphysics, philosophy, linguistics) A car completely inside of a garage, or the portion of a car that is inside a garage.
airboxnoun(informal) The chamber in a car or motorcycle engine that draws in air and distributes it to the carburettors.
trunknounA large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
air-boxnounAlternative spelling of airbox. [(informal) The chamber in a car or motorcycle engine that draws in air and distributes it to the carburettors.]
footplatenoun(rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
car barnnounA garage for streetcars, buses or railway cars.

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