Engine - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈendʒɪn|  American pronunciation of the word engine
Brit.  |ˈendʒɪn|  British pronunciation of the word engine

noun

- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- something used to achieve a purpose
an engine of change
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks (syn: locomotive)
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
medieval engines of war

Extra examples

The car has a four-cylinder engine.

The tax cut could be an engine of economic growth.

He got into the driving seat and started the engine.

An engine failure forced a jetliner to crash-land in a field.

The engine won't start.

He switched off the car's engine and waited.

Is the engine running smoothly?

We were stranded with engine trouble on a deserted highway.

The Marshall Plan was the engine of postwar economic growth.

Rome's deadly war engine

The car's engine has been making a strange noise lately.

The new engine has even more power.

Wait! Don't start the engine yet.

I took apart the engine piece by piece and put it back together again.

The gas additive improves engine performance.

Word forms

noun
singular: engine
plural: engines
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