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springless

springless adjective: without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).

Adjective

springless (not comparable)

  1. Without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).
    • […] Nos. 6166 and 6168 were fitted with Caprotti valves in 1929, and 6167 with a new springless type in 1938; […]1939 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 27
    • All the movements of the man and the woman were slow and steady; their springless feet padded flatly; their backs and shoulders were straight.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 11, in Klee Wyck
  2. Without the season of spring.
    • a springless year

Origin of springless

From spring + -less.

Words formed from springless

Questions about springless

What does springless mean?
Springless means without a spring or springs (bouncing motion, engineering component, etc).
What part of speech is springless?
Springless is an adjective.

Words near springless in the dictionary

  1. springingly
  2. springings
  3. springle
  4. springled
  5. springles
  6. springless
  7. springlessness
  8. springlet
  9. springlets
  10. springlike
  11. springline

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