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Used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
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oxyacetylene
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Word definitions for oxyacetylene in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or using a mixture of acetylene and oxygen; "an oxyacetylene torch"; "oxyacetelyne welding" n. a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
oxyacetylene \ox`y*a*cet"y*lene\, a. Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and actylene; as, an oxyacetylene torch.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Using this mixture e.g. an ''oxyacetylene torch'' n. A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In a nearby bush a defunct oxyacetylene cutter attracted the attention of a passing stoat. ▪ There are such things as oxyacetylene torches, you know.
Usage examples of oxyacetylene.
It was another axiom of his philosophy that non-combination safes have keys, that most keys are in the possession of the owners of the safes, and, therefore, that the plodding felon who finds it necessary to pack nitroglycerin and oxyacetylene blowpipes in his overnight bag is usually deficient in strategic genius.
In this long shop was every machine and hand tool that a modeller in metal could desire, from lathes and a milling machine to oxyacetylene welding and soldering ironsr Keith stood and took it all in with a practised eye, from the clock parts laid out on a white cloth at the end of the bench to the racks of raw materials on the back wall.
From the igniting of the oxyacetylene torch to the puddling of the filler rod, from the tacking of the can's separated sides to the forming of a lap joint, Boomer's lost sock knew exactly what needed to be doneand under its expert direction, Painted Stick proved dexterous enough (just barely) to do it.
Well, he started a workshop - not a wood workshop like the rest of us, but a real engineering workshop with lathes, milling machines, shapers, a drill press, oxyacetylene welding, and God knows what.
He unzipped it and checked the contents: a portable oxyacetylene blowpipe, insulated gloves, a canister of carbon dioxide, a De Lisle carbine, a torch and a length of coiled rope.
Strong in the knowledge that nothing would induce me to pinch their ruddy statuette, I was able to remain calm and nonchalant, or as calm and nonchalant as you can be when a fellow eight foot six in height with one eye bunged up and the other behaving like an oxyacetylene blowpipe is glaring at you.
Andreas watched the heavy iron door, which was all that separated the defenders from their attackers, glow cherry red as the oxyacetylene cutting flame bit into it.
The heavy steel door would resist practically anything except an oxyacetylene cutting torch.
We also have an oxyacetylene torch, which is rather more difficult to use under water than most people imagine, but as this is just a reconnaissance trip we won't be taking it along.
Even if there wasn't a spare key available, there were telephones and alarm bells still operating from inside that room and it shouldn't take an oxyacetylene torch more than two or three hours to open it.
When he was close enough, and the smell of the unignited gases was wafting back over her, making her dizzy, she threw herself forward, still holding the brass limbs of the oxyacetylene torch.
And of course they had their oxyacetylene welding outfit, their tanks, gauges, hoses, tips, masks.
And of course they had their oxyacetylene welding outfit, their tanks, guages, hoses, tips, masks.