piston
noun/ˈpɪstən/
/ˈpɪstən/
- a part of an engine that consists of a short cylinder that fits inside a tube and moves up and down or backwards and forwards to make other parts of the engine moveOxford Collocations DictionaryPiston is used before these nouns:
- engine
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from Italian pistone, variant of pestone ‘large pestle’, augmentative of pestello ‘pestle’.Want to learn more?
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