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brake discs

brake discs is the plural of brake disc.

Meaning of brake disc

Noun

brake disc (plural brake discs)

  1. (UK) The disc or rotor that is squeezed between brake pads in a disc brake.
    • Each axle has two brake discs by which the brake is applied through brake shoes [brake pads] having a lining of synthetic material.1958 July, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 500

Questions about brake discs

What is brake discs the plural of?
Brake discs is the plural of brake disc.

Words near brake discs in the dictionary

  1. brake check
  2. brake checked
  3. brake checking
  4. brake checks
  5. brake disc
  6. brake discs
  7. brake disk
  8. brake disks
  9. brake drum
  10. brake drums
  11. brake dust

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