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emergency brakes

emergency brakes is the plural of emergency brake.

Meaning of emergency brake

Noun

emergency brake (plural emergency brakes)

  1. A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
    • At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train to a stand [...].2020 June 17, Andrew Roden, “Brake pipe issue prompted Caledonian Sleeper runaway”, in Rail, page 12
  2. (dated) A parking brake.

Questions about emergency brakes

What is emergency brakes the plural of?
Emergency brakes is the plural of emergency brake.

Words near emergency brakes in the dictionary

  1. emergence
  2. emergences
  3. emergencies
  4. emergency
  5. emergency brake
  6. emergency brakes
  7. emergency cord
  8. emergency cords
  9. emergency department
  10. emergency departments
  11. emergency dispatch center

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