motor
Meaning
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- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
- A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
- (slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Concepts
motor
engine
machine
machinery
drive
car
ride
motive
wheels
mechanical device
automobile
transport
vehicle
motah
centrifugal
automotive
tool
mechanism
motorboat
motorcycle
box
cashbox
cashier’s stand
chest
fund
money box
till
diesel engine
pony engine
steam engine
generator
apparatus
appliance
mover
motor car
motor boat
impellent
motivation
prop
propeller
actuating
locomotive
motile
camera
electric motor
electrical motor
electromotor
chase
chauffeur
course
drift
drive in
lead
run
take
cruise
drive around
joyride
shave
tool around
motional
put-put
actor
author
creator
doer
factor
maker
perpetrator
bucket
clunker
junker
wreck
gas-engine
heat engine
piston engine
thermal machine
powerhouse
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mo‧tor
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈməʊtə/
Etymology
From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“I set in motion”).
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