cylinder

When we step into that cylinder of dry air and certain doom, all we can think is what it will be like when it crashes.

He took a small metal cylinder from his pajama pocket and picked up the guitar.

That cylinder is in a chamber within the satellite, not unlike an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

Agate was widely used to carve high-value objects like signets and cylinder seals in the ancient Near East.

The point of having lots of businesses under one roof is that not every unit will fire on every cylinder in every quarter.

I believe you will find this an exceeding good duty for a 5½-inch cylinder engine.

At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.

A four-way cock near the top of the cylinder turned the steam on and off.

A flattish cover was bolted on to the top of the boiler, and the cylinder was let down into this top.

People used to say that she forked the mine better than two of Boulton and Watt's 80-inch cylinder engines.