Crankcase

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.

    "The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end."

  2. 2
    housing for a crankshaft wordnet

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acceleratorautoautomobilecrankshaftenginegenerator

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"The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end."

Etymology

From crank + case.

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