cilinder

Definitions of cilinder
  1. noun
    a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
    synonyms: gasfles
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    type of:
    container, laadkist
    any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
  2. noun
    a chamber within which piston moves
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    type of:
    kamer, vertrek
    a natural or artificial enclosed space
  3. noun
    a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
    synonyms: chapeau claque, gibus, hogehoed, kachelpijp, klak, klaphoed, straaljager
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    type of:
    hoed, kardinaalshoed
    headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
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