car·bu·re·tor
(kärbə-rā′tər, -byə-)
(kärbə-rā′tər, -byə-)n.
1. A device used in internal-combustion engines to produce an explosive mixture of vaporized fuel andr.
2. A small hole in the side of a bong or water pipe that is stopped with a finger and then quickly unstopped as a person is inhaling to force smoke out of the drawing end of the pipe.
[FromCARBURET.]
carburetorcross section of a carburetor