motornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈməʊ.tər/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/motor noun [ C ] (DEVICE)
B2 a device that changes electricity or fuel into movement and makes a machine work:
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- I took the motor apart to see how it worked.
- Dust particles must have got into the motor, which is why it isn't working properly.
- The starter motor was playing up again.
- It looks like the starter motor on the car has burned out.
- This new car is seen as the great white hope of the British motor industry.
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Machines - Engines & motors
- clockwork
- electromotive
- engine
- exhaust
- servomechanism
- servomotor
- sprocket
- starter motor
- traction engine
- treadle
- work
- workings
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motor noun [ C ] (CAR)
mainly UK old-fashioned a car:
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Cars
- 4WD
- 4×4
- all-wheel drive
- artic
- Beemer
- beetle
- buggy
- carpool
- compact
- gas guzzler
- hatchback
- jalopy
- Land Rover
- limousine
- minicab
- MPV
- Rolls-Royce
- stock car
- taxi
- wheel
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motoradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈməʊ.tər/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/motor adjective [ before noun ] (CAR)
mainly UK connected with cars or other vehicles that have engines and use roads:
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Cars
- 4WD
- 4×4
- all-wheel drive
- artic
- Beemer
- beetle
- buggy
- carpool
- compact
- gas guzzler
- hatchback
- jalopy
- Land Rover
- limousine
- minicab
- MPV
- Rolls-Royce
- stock car
- taxi
- wheel
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motor adjective [ before noun ] (MUSCLES)
specialized biology relating to muscles that produce movement, or the nerves and parts of the brain that control these muscles:
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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motorverb [ I ]
uk/ˈməʊ.tər/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/informal to move or increase very quickly:
UK old-fashioned to drive:
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Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
- accelerant
- accelerate
- acceleration
- catch
- catch (sb) up
- decelerate
- downshift
- foot
- gun
- quicken
- retard
- retardation
- slacken
- slow
- slow (sb/sth) down/up
- speed
- spurt
- throttle
- throttle (sth) back/down
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