car battery

English

Noun

car battery (plural car batteries)

1. (automotive) A 12-volt battery used to run the electric starter motor in order to ignite the internal combustion engine of an automobile, and power accessories when the engine is off and the alternator is not turning.

   Synonyms: automotive battery, automobile battery, starter battery

   Hypernyms: battery, electrochemical battery, rechargeable battery

   Coordinate terms: accessory battery, traction battery

Translations

battery used to start the engine of an automobile

• German: Autobatterie (de) f
• Swedish: bilbatteri (sv) n

Further reading

• car battery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia