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underframe

underframe noun: the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.

Noun

underframe (plural underframes)

  1. The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
    • The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781
    • Each half-section of the battery weighs about eight tons, and the two underframes had to be strengthened to take this weight.1958 June, “First Battery Railcars on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 419

underframe meaning in Tamil

underframe in Tamil

கீழ்ச்சட்டம்

Examples of underframe in a sentence

  • Nos. 5300/1, which were finished in January, are the Southern's first "4-EPB" units to the standard B.R. design on 63 ft. 5 in. underframes, as against the S.R. 62 ft.; [...].1960 March, “Talking of Trains: S.R. multiple-unit news”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
  • The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases.1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 265:

All 13 example sentences with underframe

Forms of underframe

pluralunderframes

Origin of underframe

From under- + frame.

Questions about underframe

What does underframe mean?
Underframe means the supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
What is underframe in Tamil?
Underframe in Tamil is கீழ்ச்சட்டம். See Underframe meaning in Tamil.
How do you use underframe in a sentence?
Nos. 5300/1, which were finished in January, are the Southern's first "4-EPB" units to the standard B.R. design on 63 ft. 5 in. underframes, as against the S.R. 62 ft.; [...].
What part of speech is underframe?
Underframe is a noun.
What is the plural of underframe?
The plural of underframe is underframes.

Words near underframe in the dictionary

  1. underfortifies
  2. underfortify
  3. underfortifying
  4. underfoud
  5. underfouds
  6. underframe
  7. underframed
  8. underframes
  9. underframework
  10. underframing
  11. underframings

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