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undercar

undercar noun: the underside or undercarriage of a car.

Noun

undercar (plural undercars)

  1. (attributive, often) The underside or undercarriage of a car.
    • Air piping is throughout the undercar area. Pneumatic controllers are usually located at the center of the undercar. Electronic control units may be in undercar enclosures or in interior lockers or in a seatwell.1994, Ian P. Mulholland, Raymond A. Oren, Artificial Intelligence for Transit Railcar Diagnostics, →ISBN, page 35
    • If oil is spread throughout the undercar components, visual inspection becomes more difficult.2017, Chris Hadfield, Randy Nussler, Today’s Technician: Automotive Engine Repair & Rebuilding, Classroom Manual and Shop Manual, →ISBN, page 178

Forms of undercar

pluralundercars

Origin of undercar

From under- + car.

Questions about undercar

What does undercar mean?
Undercar means the underside or undercarriage of a car.
What part of speech is undercar?
Undercar is a noun.
What is the plural of undercar?
The plural of undercar is undercars.

Words near undercar in the dictionary

  1. undercapitalizes
  2. undercapitalizing
  3. undercaps
  4. undercaptain
  5. undercaptains
  6. undercar
  7. undercarboxylated
  8. undercarboxylation
  9. undercard
  10. undercarder
  11. undercarders

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