Defenition of the word engine
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Defenition of the word engine
- converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- something used to achieve a purpose: "an engine of change"
- self-propelled engine used to draw trains along railway tracks
- motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
- a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
- something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
- an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.
- something used to achieve a purpose
Synonyms for the word engine
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- locomotive
- locomotive engine
- railway locomotive
Meronymys for the word engine
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- buffer
- camshaft
- cowcatcher
- fender
- footplate
- gearing
- gears
- geartrain
- pilot
- power train
- railroad train
- train
Hyponyms for the word engine
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- aircraft engine
- arbalest
- arbalist
- automobile engine
- auxiliary engine
- ballista
- battering ram
- bricole
- catapult
- choo-choo
- diesel locomotive
- dinkey
- dinky
- donkey engine
- electric locomotive
- generator
- heat engine
- iron horse
- mangonel
- onager
- pilot engine
- reaction engine
- reaction-propulsion engine
- shunter
- steam locomotive
- switch engine
- tank engine
- tank locomotive
- traction engine
- trebuchet
- trebucket
Hypernyms for the word engine
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- causal agency
- causal agent
- cause
- device
- instrument
- motor
- self-propelled vehicle
- wheeled vehicle
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