TURBOFAN ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turbofan engine mean? 

• TURBOFAN ENGINE (noun)
  The noun TURBOFAN ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust

  Familiarity information: TURBOFAN ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURBOFAN ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fan-jet; fanjet; fanjet engine; turbofan; turbofan engine; turbojet; turbojet engine

Hypernyms ("turbofan engine" is a kind of...):

jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

Meronyms (parts of "turbofan engine"):

afterburner (a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust)

gas turbine (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)

Holonyms ("turbofan engine" is a part of...):

fan-jet; fanjet; turbofan; turbojet (an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine)

propjet; turbo-propeller plane; turboprop (an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine)