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brake disk

brake disk is the alternative form 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

Forms of brake disk

pluralbrake disks

Questions about brake disk

What is brake disk the alternative form of?
Brake disk is the alternative form of brake disc.

Words near brake disk in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brake disk (page history and authors); brake disc (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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