ignition
ignition
noun
/ɪɡˈnɪʃn/
1 countable, usually singular the electrical system of a vehicle that makes the fuel begin to burn to start the engine; the place in a vehicle where you start this system
to turn the ignition on/off
to put the key in the ignition
Collocations Driving
TOPICS Transport by car or lorry C2
Collocations
verb + ignition
start
turn
turn on
ignition + noun
key
switch
system
preposition
in the ignition
​2 uncountable (specialist) the action of starting to burn or of making something burn
The flames spread to all parts of the house within minutes of ignition.
Word Origin
early 17th cent. (denoting the heating of a substance to the point of combustion or chemical change): from medieval Latin ignitio(n-), from the verb ignire ‘set on fire’, from ignis ‘fire’.