piston
piston is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.
- noun. mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- noun. United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in piston:
instop, pinots, pintos, pitons, points, postin, spinto
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