air intake

noun

noun

An inlet for air; the part of an engine, especially a jet engine, through which air is drawn.

The air intake to the engine is through an exchangeable filter element fitted in an accessible position in the vestibule.1958 July 23, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501:

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