engine block

English Thesaurus

1. a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cast, casting,
definition	:	object formed by a mold (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	cylinder, piston chamber,
definition	:	a chamber within which piston moves (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	ice, internal-combustion engine,
definition	:	a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	reciprocating engine,
definition	:	an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders (noun.artifact)