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combustor

noun com·bus·tor \-ˈbəs-tər\

Definition of COMBUSTOR

:  a chamber (as in a gas turbine or a jet engine) in which combustion occurs —called also combustion chamber
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First Known Use of COMBUSTOR

1945

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