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Meaning of exhaust pipe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Of an internal combustion engine, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.
  2. The final pipe in this series.
  3. On a steam locomotive, a pipe which takes away steam exhausted from a cylinder.

Examples

“Holonym: exhaust system”
“[…] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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