DISTRIBUTOR CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distributor cap mean? 

• DISTRIBUTOR CAP (noun)
  The noun DISTRIBUTOR CAP has 1 sense:

1. the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs

  Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTOR CAP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISTRIBUTOR CAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("distributor cap" is a kind of...):

cap (something serving as a cover or protection)

Holonyms ("distributor cap" is a part of...):

distributer; distributor; electrical distributor (electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence)