cylinder head

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.

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Meanings

nouncylinder head (plural cylinder heads)

plural cylinder heads

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cylinder, head.
  2. automotiveA part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.

    Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.

    1958 April 28, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 汽缸蓋 /汽缸盖
  • 汽缸蓋 /汽缸盖 (qìgānggài)part of an internal combustion engine
Dutch cilinderkop
  • cilinderkoppart of an internal combustion engine
Estonian plokikaas
  • plokikaaspart of an internal combustion engine
Finnish sylinterinkansi
  • sylinterinkansipart of an internal combustion engine
French culasse
  • culassepart of an internal combustion engine
German Zylinderkopf
  • Zylinderkopfpart of an internal combustion engine
Italian testata
  • testatapart of an internal combustion engine
Māori papataupoki
  • papataupokipart of an internal combustion engine
Norwegian topplokk
  • topplokkpart of an internal combustion engine
Romanian chiulasă
  • chiulasăpart of an internal combustion engine
Russian голо́вка цили́ндра, кры́шка цили́ндра
  • голо́вка цили́ндра (golóvka cilíndra)part of an internal combustion engine
  • кры́шка цили́ндра (krýška cilíndra)part of an internal combustion engine
Spanish culata
  • culatapart of an internal combustion engine
Swedish topplock, cylinderlock
  • topplockpart of an internal combustion engine
  • cylinderlockpart of an internal combustion engine
  • cylinderhuvudpart of an internal combustion engine
Vietnamese nắp quy lát, nắp láp
  • nắp quy látpart of an internal combustion engine
  • nắp láppart of an internal combustion engine
Cite this entry
APA

cylinder head. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylinder%20head

MLA

“cylinder head.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylinder%20head. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cylinder head,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cylinder%20head.

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