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POPPET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poppet mean?
• POPPET (noun)
The noun POPPET has 1 sense:
1. a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
Familiarity information: POPPET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
poppet; poppet valve
Hypernyms ("poppet" is a kind of...):
valve (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)
Holonyms ("poppet" is a part of...):
ICE; internal-combustion engine (a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine)
Context examples
“Well played, sweet poppet!” cried the younger.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Just as well and more, my pretty poppet.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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