cylinder head



cylinder head

The metal casing that fits onto a cylinder block in an internal-combustion engine. A: "Did dad say what's wrong with the car?" B: "I don't know, something about needing to fix the cylinder head, whatever that means!"
See also: cylinder, head

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ZanderZAN-dərEnglish (Modern)
JerroldJER-əldEnglish
Sebastianze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
Nicostratus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Jiahao-Chinese
Daina-Lithuanian, Latvian