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air brake

air brake is the alternative spelling of airbrake.

Meaning of airbrake

Noun

airbrake (plural airbrakes)

  1. A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
    • The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop.
  2. A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.
    • The BAe 146 and Fokker 100's tailcone-mounted airbrakes allow them to slow down quickly for steep approaches without experiencing the lift degradation seen with spoiler-only aircraft.

Forms of air brake

pluralair brakes

Questions about air brake

What is air brake the alternative spelling of?
Air brake is the alternative spelling of airbrake.

Words near air brake in the dictionary

  1. air biscuits
  2. air bladder
  3. air bladders
  4. air bounce
  5. air bounces
  6. air brake
  7. air brakes
  8. air brick
  9. air bricks
  10. air bridge
  11. air bridges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: air brake (page history and authors); airbrake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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