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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of engine

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  engine
      n 1: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
      2: something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
      3: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that
         is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn:
         {locomotive}, {engine}, {locomotive engine}, {railway
         locomotive}]
      4: an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a
         battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval
         engines of war"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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