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crankcase

crankcase noun: the part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.

Noun

crankcase (plural crankcases)

  1. The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
    • The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end.1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 41

crankcase meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Thai

crankcase in Tamil

சுழலுறை

crankcase in Kannada

ತಿರುಗುಣಿ ಹೊದಿಕೆ, ತಿರುಗುಣಿ ಕವಚ

crankcase in Arabic

crankcase
عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق

crankcase in Thai

crankcase
ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง

Forms of crankcase

pluralcrankcases

Origin of crankcase

From crank + case.

Questions about crankcase

What does crankcase mean?
Crankcase means the part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
What is crankcase in Tamil?
Crankcase in Tamil is சுழலுறை. See Crankcase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crankcase?
Crankcase is a noun.
What is the plural of crankcase?
The plural of crankcase is crankcases.

Words near crankcase in the dictionary

  1. crankarms
  2. crankbait
  3. crankbaits
  4. crankbird
  5. crankbirds
  6. crankcase
  7. crankcases
  8. cranked
  9. cranked it
  10. cranked off
  11. cranked one out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crankcase (page history and authors); crankcase (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crankcase (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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