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exhaust

/ɪɡˈzɔːst/noun

The used steam released from an engine's cylinder once it has finished its work there.

Example sentences

  • The exhaust from the old steam engine hissed out in white clouds.
  • Engineers redirected the exhaust through a cooling pipe.

For most speakers the noun means car fumes and the pipe releasing them. The verb covers tiring people out and using supplies up.

Featured as word of the day on April 1, 2026.

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