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AIR HORN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does air horn mean?
• AIR HORN (noun)
The noun AIR HORN has 2 senses:
1. a pneumatic horn
2. air intake of a carburetor
Familiarity information: AIR HORN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pneumatic horn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("air horn" is a kind of...):
horn (an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Air intake of a carburetor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("air horn" is a kind of...):
inlet; intake (an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container)
Holonyms ("air horn" is a part of...):
carburetor; carburettor (mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion)
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