ignition key

English

Noun

ignition key (plural ignition keys)

1. A key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 283:

     She fitted the ignition-key into the switch deftly.

Translations

a key that starts the combustion engine of a motor vehicle — see also car key

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