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camboxes

camboxes is the plural of cambox.

Meaning of cambox

Noun

cambox (plural camboxes)

  1. A metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears.
    • André took off the cambox covers on a Chapelon and described in detail the action of the valves and the method of setting.1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149

Questions about camboxes

What is camboxes the plural of?
Camboxes is the plural of cambox.

Words near camboxes in the dictionary

  1. camborthids
  2. Cambourne
  3. cambouse
  4. cambouses
  5. cambox
  6. camboxes
  7. camboy
  8. camboys
  9. cambozola
  10. Cambra
  11. Cambrai

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