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wheel chock

wheel chock noun: a parking block used in parking lots or wedge-shaped tool used to prevent aircraft or road vehicles from accidentally rolling.

wheel chock: a parking block used in parking lots or wedge-shaped tool used to prevent aircraft or road vehicles...
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Noun

wheel chock (plural wheel chocks)

  1. A parking block used in parking lots or wedge-shaped tool used to prevent aircraft or road vehicles from accidentally rolling.
    • Near-synonym: parking stop
    Synonyms:
    parking stop, parking block, wheel stop, wheel stopper, wheel wedge

Synonyms of wheel chock

All synonyms of wheel chock

Forms of wheel chock

pluralwheel chocks

Questions about wheel chock

What does wheel chock mean?
Wheel chock means a parking block used in parking lots or wedge-shaped tool used to prevent aircraft or road vehicles from accidentally rolling.
What part of speech is wheel chock?
Wheel chock is a noun.
What is the plural of wheel chock?
The plural of wheel chock is wheel chocks.

Words near wheel chock in the dictionary

  1. wheel braces
  2. wheel breadth
  3. wheel breadths
  4. wheel bug
  5. wheel bugs
  6. wheel chock
  7. wheel clamp
  8. wheel clamps
  9. wheel cutter
  10. wheel cutters
  11. wheel dog

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