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drop frame

drop frame noun: a bicycle with no top tube.

Noun

drop frame (plural drop frames)

  1. A bicycle with no top tube.
    • I see they're still making drop-frame bikes," he said, "though, with so many women wearing slacks, I wonder they bother."1958 May, Avram Davidson, “Or All The Seas With Oysters”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, page 58

Forms of drop frame

pluraldrop frames

Questions about drop frame

What does drop frame mean?
Drop frame means a bicycle with no top tube.
What part of speech is drop frame?
Drop frame is a noun.
What is the plural of drop frame?
The plural of drop frame is drop frames.

Words near drop frame in the dictionary

  1. drop fences
  2. drop foot
  3. drop forge
  4. drop forges
  5. drop forging
  6. drop frame
  7. drop frames
  8. drop goal
  9. drop goals
  10. drop grommet
  11. drop grommets

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