cylinder
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Before the war throttled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Kumar’s family could count on getting the 30-pound cylinder from a government-approved gas agency for around $10.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
This rocking chair is equal parts dramatic and functional, featuring a stacked cylinder back, rocker frame and arm rests in a black glossy finish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The indoor unit is about the size of a gas boiler, while the size of the cylinder depends on the property.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
An animated trailer appears to draw on the story of Korean students whose singing of the song US anthropologist Alice Fletcher recorded on a cylinder phonograph in Washington in 1896.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
The bullets went in a thing called the cylinder, which looked a lot like a fat metal honeycomb that popped out from the side of the gun.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing cylinder
Automobiles
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Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Engineering - Introductory
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