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motor.
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/ˈməʊtər/.
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Batteries power the motor.
to produce movement and makes a machine, a vehicle, a boat, etc.
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A one-volume supplement was published in 1933, and four further supplementary volumes were published between 1972 and 1986.
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( colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
