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POWER BRAKE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does power brake mean?

• POWER BRAKE (noun)
The noun POWER BRAKE has 1 sense:

1. a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle

Familiarity information: POWER BRAKE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POWER BRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("power brake" is a kind of...):

brake (a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power brake"):

airbrake (a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles)

Holonyms ("power brake" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

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