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chassis

Syllables: chas·sis/ˈt͡ʃæ.si/

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British/ˈt͡ʃa.sɪj/

chassis noun: the base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.

chassis: the base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle
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Noun

chassis (plural chassis)

  1. The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
    • Coordinate term: coachwork
    • Near-synonym: undercarriage
    Synonyms:
    undercarriage
  2. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  3. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  4. (slang) A woman's buttocks.

chassis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chassis in Hindi

चेसिस, चैसिस

chassis in Tamil

அடிச்சட்டப்படல், அடிச்சட்டம், அடித்தட்டு, அடிமனை, சசி, படல்

chassis in Marathi

चेसिस, चेसीस

chassis in Urdu

ڈھانچا, ڈھچر
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chassis in Bengali
বন্দুকাদির কাঠাম
chassis in Malayalam
മോട്ടോർ വാഹനത്തിൻറെ ചട്ടക്കൂട്, ചട്ടക്കൂട്
chassis in Kannada
ಅಡಿಗಟ್ಟು
chassis in Gujarati
ચેસિસ, ચેસીસ
chassis in Odia
ଚେସିସ
chassis in Nepali
चेसिस, चेसी
chassis in Tagalog
tsasis
chassis in Arabic
شَاصِي šāṣī, هَيْكَل haykal
chassis in Indonesian
sasis
chassis in Thai
แชสซี chaetsi
chassis in Vietnamese
sát-xi, khung gầm

Examples of chassis in a sentence

  • Further down the room rested a chassis, … .1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
  • The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.1958 September, Anthony A. Vickers, “The Winchburgh Shale Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 613:

All 18 example sentences with chassis

Synonyms of chassis

Forms of chassis

pluralchassis
alternative formchâssis

Plural of chassis: chassis

Origin of chassis

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

Words formed from chassis

Words that rhyme with chassis

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Questions about chassis

What does chassis mean?
Chassis means the base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
What is chassis in Hindi?
Chassis in Hindi is चेसिस, चैसिस. See Chassis meaning in Hindi.
How do you use chassis in a sentence?
Further down the room rested a chassis, … .
What part of speech is chassis?
Chassis is a noun.
How do you pronounce chassis?
Chassis is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæ.si/ (UK).
What is the plural of chassis?
The plural of chassis is chassis.

Words near chassis in the dictionary

  1. Chassidut
  2. Chassidy
  3. chassignite
  4. chassignites
  5. Chassin
  6. chassis
  7. chassised
  8. chassisless
  9. chassé
  10. chassé-croisé
  11. chassé-croisés

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chassis (page history and authors); chassis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chassis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chassis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chassis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chassis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chassis (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chassis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chassis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chassis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chassis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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