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chain stay

chain stay noun: one of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.

Noun

chain stay (plural chain stays)

  1. One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.

Forms of chain stay

pluralchain stays
alternative formchainstay

Questions about chain stay

What does chain stay mean?
Chain stay means one of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.
What part of speech is chain stay?
Chain stay is a noun.
What is the plural of chain stay?
The plural of chain stay is chain stays.

Words near chain stay in the dictionary

  1. chain smoker
  2. chain smokers
  3. chain smokes
  4. chain smoking
  5. chain smokings
  6. chain stay
  7. chain stays
  8. chain stitch
  9. chain stitches
  10. chain store
  11. chain stores

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