Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun valve-in-head_engine

1 sense of valve-in-head engine

Sense 1
valve-in-head engine -- (internal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head)
       => internal-combustion engine, ICE -- (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)