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slidebar

slidebar noun: a crosshead guide.

Noun

slidebar (plural slidebars)

  1. (UK) A crosshead guide.
    • The slidebars are of the three-bar type with underhung crosshead.1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186

Forms of slidebar

pluralslidebars

Origin of slidebar

From slide + bar.

Questions about slidebar

What does slidebar mean?
Slidebar means a crosshead guide.
What part of speech is slidebar?
Slidebar is a noun.
What is the plural of slidebar?
The plural of slidebar is slidebars.

Words near slidebar in the dictionary

  1. slide-show
  2. slide-shows
  3. slide-tackle
  4. slideable
  5. slideably
  6. slidebar
  7. slidebars
  8. slided
  9. slideflask
  10. slideflasks
  11. slideful

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