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bicycle helmet

bicycle helmet noun: a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.

bicycle helmet: a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle
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Noun

bicycle helmet (plural bicycle helmets)

  1. A helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.
    • Make locking up your bike as routine as strapping on a bicycle helmet.1989 (Jul), Dennis Coello, "Lock Up Your Bike", Boys' Life, page 8
    • Mandatory bicycle helmet laws introduced in New Zealand in 1994 also resulted in large increases in helmet use, and reductions in the number of head injuries[…]2004, World Health Organization, World Report On Road Traffic Injury Prevention, page 136
    Synonyms:
    bike helmet

Synonyms of bicycle helmet

  • bike helmet

Forms of bicycle helmet

pluralbicycle helmets

Questions about bicycle helmet

What does bicycle helmet mean?
Bicycle helmet means a helmet intended to be worn while riding a bicycle.
What part of speech is bicycle helmet?
Bicycle helmet is a noun.
What is the plural of bicycle helmet?
The plural of bicycle helmet is bicycle helmets.

Words near bicycle helmet in the dictionary

  1. bicycle face
  2. bicycle faces
  3. bicycle fork
  4. bicycle gear
  5. bicycle gears
  6. bicycle helmet
  7. bicycle helmets
  8. Bicycle Irish
  9. bicycle kick
  10. bicycle kicked
  11. bicycle kicking

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