air-intake

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   a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel

   Broaderduct

   Part ofcarburetor

Questions about air-intake

What does air-intake mean?

air-intake means "a duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel".

How many syllables are in air-intake?

air-intake has 3 syllables: ai-r-in-take. The stress falls on "ai".

Is air-intake a common word?

air-intake is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.