Definitions for dashpot

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dashpot dash·pot

Spelling: [dash-pot]

IPA: /ˈdæʃˌpɒt/

Dashpot is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in dashpot (adhopst).

Definitions for dashpot

noun

1. a device for cushioning, damping, or reversing the motion of a piece of machinery, consisting of a cylinder in which a piston operates to create a pressure or vacuum on an enclosed gas or to force a fluid in or out of the chamber through narrow openings.

Origin of dashpot

First recorded in 1860-65; dash¹ + pot¹

Examples for dashpot

The seating of the main admission valve is cushioned by the dashpot, the piston of which is shown in section at G (Fig. 51).