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AUTOMOBILE BATTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does automobile battery mean? 

AUTOMOBILE BATTERY (noun)
  The noun AUTOMOBILE BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. a lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle; usually a 12-volt battery of six cells; the heart of the car's electrical systemplay

  Familiarity information: AUTOMOBILE BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AUTOMOBILE BATTERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A lead-acid storage battery in a motor vehicle; usually a 12-volt battery of six cells; the heart of the car's electrical system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

automobile battery; car battery

Hypernyms ("automobile battery" is a kind of...):

lead-acid accumulator; lead-acid battery (a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte; each cell generates about 2 volts)

Holonyms ("automobile battery" is a part of...):

electrical system (equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio)


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