Piston

//ˈpɪstən//

Synonyms for "piston" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(12 words)

boycock boydick dick birdie corey crank diddly ding dong ding-a-ling ding-dong dinger dingus

accelerator auto automobile

Strong matches (21)

Noun(17 words)

dirk dobber donger dork fire hose fuckrod hot dog hot rod jamoke jimmy jing-jang johnson joint jonathan joystick junk kielbasa

driver engine fan generator

Related words (36)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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mechanical device

Synonyms

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walter piston

derived

11 entries

multipiston opposed piston opposed cylinder piston engine piston ring piston rod piston valve pistoning pistonless pistonlike pistonphone trunk piston

has context

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music

is a

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mechanical device

part of

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engine reciprocating engine

related to

40 entries

basketball brass car car engine cars crank cylinder cylinders detroit detroit basketball device disk displace down engine engine part

Showing 16 of 40 words.

Translations

79 translations across 47 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مِدَكّ noun (in firearms)

Armenian

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մխոց noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Belarusian

2 entries

уда́рнік noun (in firearms)
іглі́ца noun (in firearms)

Bulgarian

2 entries

бутало noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
клапа noun (valve of brass instruments)

Chinese Cantonese

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活塞 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

活塞 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
鞲鞴 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Czech

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píst noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Danish

1 entries

stempel noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Dutch

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zuiger noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Esperanto

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piŝto noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Finnish

4 entries

mäntä noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
mäntä noun (in firearms)
työntöventtiili noun (valve of brass instruments)
venttiili noun (valve of brass instruments)

French

2 entries

piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
piston noun (valve of brass instruments)

Galician

3 entries

pistón noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
sucho noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
émbolo noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Georgian

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დგუში noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

German

4 entries

Kolben noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
Perinetventil noun (valve of brass instruments)
Piston noun (in firearms)
Pumpventil noun (valve of brass instruments)

Greek

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πιστόνι noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hao kuʻe noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
kuʻe noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Hebrew

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בוכנה \ בֻּכְנָה noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Hungarian

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dugattyú noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Icelandic

2 entries

bulla noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
stimpill noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Indonesian

3 entries

piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
seher noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
torak noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Italian

1 entries

pistone noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Japanese

3 entries

ピストン noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
喞子 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
活塞 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Kazakh

2 entries

поршень noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
піспек noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Khmer

1 entries

ពីស្តុង noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Korean

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피스톤 noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Latin

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embolus noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
fundulus noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Latvian

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virzulis noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Macedonian

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клип noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Malay

2 entries

omboh noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Mongolian

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бүлүүр noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Māori

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kōkeke noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

stempel noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

stempel noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Polish

2 entries

odrzut noun (in firearms)
tłok noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Portuguese

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pistão noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Romanian

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piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Russian

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золотни́к noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
кла́пан noun (valve of brass instruments)
писто́н noun (valve of brass instruments)
плу́нжер noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

klip noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
stap noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Spanish

2 entries

pistón noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
émbolo noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Swedish

1 entries

kolv noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Tagalog

1 entries

tublik noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Thai

1 entries

ลูกสูบ noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Turkish

1 entries

piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Ukrainian

1 entries

уда́рник noun (in firearms)

Vietnamese

1 entries

pít tông noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Welsh

3 entries

ceuffon noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
pillffon noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
piston noun (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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This shaft links with a piston.

Source: tatoeba (61024)

The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.

Source: tatoeba (1582776)

The settling of piston rings into a cylinder's wall is the goal of modern engine break-ins.

Source: tatoeba (2042448)

The timing belt ensures the choreography of piston, valve and plug continues unabated.

Source: tatoeba (13361056)

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