distributor cap

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   the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs

   Broadercap

   Part ofdistributor

Questions about distributor cap

What does distributor cap mean?

distributor cap means "the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs".

Is distributor cap a common word?

distributor cap 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.