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bell housing

bell housing noun: a cover over certain parts of the transmission in a motor vehicle.

Noun

bell housing (plural bell housings)

  1. A cover over certain parts of the transmission in a motor vehicle.

Forms of bell housing

pluralbell housings
alternative formbellhousing

Origin of bell housing

From being a bell-shaped cover; in a shape reminiscent of a stereotypical bell (ie. servant call bell, church bell, bell curve shaped).

Questions about bell housing

What does bell housing mean?
Bell housing means a cover over certain parts of the transmission in a motor vehicle.
What part of speech is bell housing?
Bell housing is a noun.
What is the plural of bell housing?
The plural of bell housing is bell housings.

Words near bell housing in the dictionary

  1. Bell Green
  2. bell heather
  3. bell heathers
  4. bell hopper
  5. bell hoppers
  6. bell housing
  7. bell housings
  8. Bell Island
  9. bell jar
  10. bell jars
  11. bell lyra

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