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sand jack

sand jack noun: a type of jack from which sand can be released gradually in small quantities when lowering something into position.

Noun

sand jack (plural sand jacks)

  1. A type of jack from which sand can be released gradually in small quantities when lowering something into position.
    • After being rolled into position, the span had to be lowered about 4 in. on to its bearings. This was accomplished by means of sand-jacks—a simple arrangement of piston and cylinder—by which movements to very fine limits are obtained by the controlled release of sand from an opening in the base of...1950 October, “Completion of Flood-Damage Repairs, East Coast Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 708

Forms of sand jack

pluralsand jacks

Questions about sand jack

What does sand jack mean?
Sand jack means a type of jack from which sand can be released gradually in small quantities when lowering something into position.
What part of speech is sand jack?
Sand jack is a noun.
What is the plural of sand jack?
The plural of sand jack is sand jacks.

Words near sand jack in the dictionary

  1. sand hornets
  2. Sand Hutton
  3. sand in one's vagina
  4. sand iron
  5. sand irons
  6. sand jack
  7. sand jacks
  8. Sand Lake
  9. sand lance
  10. sand lances
  11. sand lark

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