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cylinder

[sil-in-der] / ˈsɪl ɪn dər /
NOUN
a geometrical form
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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

While domestic cooking gas prices were raised by a modest 7% in early March, the analyst expects OMC losses to have widened to 400 rupees per cylinder following April increases in Saudi oil product prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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 captain spun the cylinder of the Executioner once, then fired his first question: “Who are you?”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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