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parking brakes

parking brakes is the plural of parking brake.

Meaning of parking brake

Noun

parking brake (plural parking brakes)

  1. A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.
    • A hand parking brake operated from the adjacent cab is connected by rigging to the inner pair of wheels.1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239
    Synonyms:
    handbrake

Questions about parking brakes

What is parking brakes the plural of?
Parking brakes is the plural of parking brake.

Words near parking brakes in the dictionary

  1. parking area
  2. parking areas
  3. parking attendant
  4. parking attendants
  5. parking brake
  6. parking brakes
  7. parking coupon
  8. parking coupons
  9. parking crater
  10. parking craters
  11. parking disc

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