air intake

English

Noun

air intake (plural air intakes)

  1. An inlet for air; the part of an engine, especially a jet engine, through which air is drawn.
    • 1958 July, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501:
      The air intake to the engine is through an exchangeable filter element fitted in an accessible position in the vestibule.

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