Search Result for "spark_plug":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark;
[syn: spark plug, sparking plug, plug]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spark plug \Spark plug\ In internal-combustion engines with electric ignition, a plug, screwed into the cylinder head, connected with the induction coil or magneto circuit on the outside, and used to produce a spark to ignite the fuel-air mixture in the engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spark plug n 1: electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark [syn: spark plug, sparking plug, plug]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "spark plug": abettor, activator, actuator, animator, arouser, cajoler, coax, coaxer, encourager, energizer, firer, gadfly, galvanizer, human dynamo, impeller, inducer, inspirer, life, motivating force, motive power, mover, moving spirit, persuader, pleader, prime mover, prompter, restorative, spark, sparker, stimulant, stimulator, stimulus, tempter, tonic, wheedler