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Drum Brake

Definition: Drum Brake

Drum Brake

Noun

1. Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoe.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Drum Brake

Synonym: drum brakes (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Drum brake

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum. The drum is connected to a rotating wheel.

See also: disc brake

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Drum brake."

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Crosswords: Drum Brake

Specialty definitions using "drum brake": CAR DROPPER, car pincher, car runnerspragger. (references)

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Modern Translation: Drum Brake

Language Translations for "drum brake"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Swedish

  

trumbroms. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Drum Brake

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-k-m-r-r-u"

-2 letters: eardrum, rumbaed.

-3 letters: armure, barked, barker, barred, braked, burked, burker, burred, darker, dauber, debark, demark, dumber, durbar, embark, marked, marker, marred, murder, murker, remark, remuda, umbrae.

-4 letters: amber, ardeb, armed, armer, baked, baker, barde, bared, barer, barre, beard, brake, bread, break, bream, brume, burke, darer, daube, debar, demur, derma, drake, dream, drear, dumka.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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