fender
UK/ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/
fender noun: panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
Noun (1)
fender (plural fenders)
- panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- Synonyms:
- guard, wheel arch, wing
- a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water
- Synonyms:
- mudguard
- any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute
- a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
- Now and then he would make a motion with his feet as if he were running quickly backward upstairs, and would tread on the edge of the fender, so that the fire-irons went flying and the buttered-bun dishes crashed against each other in the hearth.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 12]
- Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 357
Verb
fender (third-person singular simple present fenders, present participle fendering, simple past and past participle fendered)
- To use fenders to protect the side of a boat
Proper noun capitalized: Fender
Fender
- A surname from German.
Noun (2) capitalized: Fender
Fender (plural Fenders)
- A guitar produced by the Fender company, a manufacturer of electric guitars.
fender meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fender in Hindi
- फेंडर, फ़ेंडर, फेन्डर
fender in Tamil
- காப்பான், மோதற்றடை
fender in Marathi
- फेंडर, फेन्डर
fender in Urdu
- فینڈر
More languagesFewer languages
- fender in Bengali
- ফেন্ডার, ফেণ্ডার
- fender in Telugu
- ఫెండర్, ఫెండరు
- fender in Malayalam
- മഡ്ഗാർഡ്
- fender in Kannada
- ನಿವಾರಕ, ರಕ್ಷಕ, ತಡೆ, ಕಾಪು
- fender in Punjabi
- ਫੈਂਡਰ, ਫ਼ੈਂਡਰ, ਫੇਂਡਰ
- fender in Gujarati
- ફેન્ડર, ફેંડર
- fender in Odia
- ଫେଣ୍ଡର, ଫେଣ୍ଡର୍, ଫିଣ୍ଡର
- fender in Nepali
- फेन्डर, फेंडर, फिन्डर
- fender in Arabic
- مِصَدّ miṣadd
- fender in Vietnamese
- cái chắn bùn
Examples of fender in a sentence
- The fender was so badly damaged that it couldn’t be hammered out.
- The car was looking old, so I decided to rechrome the fenders.
- Even a minor “fender bender” could bend the airframe door enough to make the door inoperable.
Synonyms of fender
Forms of fender
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fenders |
| plural | Fenders |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fenders |
| present participle | fendering |
| past participle | fendered |
| past | fendered |
Origin of fender
From fend + -er.
From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.
Words formed from fender
Phrases with fender
Words that rhyme with fender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- attender
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Questions about fender
- What does fender mean?
- Fender means panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- What is fender in Hindi?
- Fender in Hindi is फेंडर, फ़ेंडर, फेन्डर. See Fender meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fender?
- Fender can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce fender?
- Fender is pronounced /ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fender?
- The plural of fender is fenders.
Words near fender in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fender (page history and authors); Fender (page history and authors); fender (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fender (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fender (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fender (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fender (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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