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BRAKE BAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brake band mean?
• BRAKE BAND (noun)
The noun BRAKE BAND has 1 sense:
1. a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation
Familiarity information: BRAKE BAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("brake band" is a kind of...):
band (a restraint put around something to hold it together)
Holonyms ("brake band" is a part of...):
brake system; brakes (a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle)
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