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
Louisloo-EE (French), LOO-is (English)French, English, Dutch
AhtiAHH-tee (Finnish) Finnish, Finnish Mythology
ChrissyKRIS-eeEnglish
BoŽEna-Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
CarlaKAHR-lah (Spanish, German, Dutch), KAHR-lə (English)Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, German, Dutch
Moishe-Yiddish