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pillow blocks

pillow blocks is the plural of pillow block.

Meaning of pillow block

Noun

pillow block (plural pillow blocks)

  1. A mounting used to support a rotating shaft, using a bearing in a housing which is bolted to a foundation or bedplate with the mounted shaft in a parallel plane to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the centre line of the mounting holes; functionally similar to a plummer block.
    Synonyms:
    pillar block

Questions about pillow blocks

What is pillow blocks the plural of?
Pillow blocks is the plural of pillow block.

Words near pillow blocks in the dictionary

  1. pillow bags
  2. pillow basalt
  3. pillow basalts
  4. pillow biter
  5. pillow block
  6. pillow blocks
  7. pillow book
  8. pillow books
  9. pillow box
  10. pillow boxes
  11. pillow case

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