BRAKE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brake system mean? 

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

1. a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAKE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

brake system; brakes

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "brake system"):

brake band (a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation)

brake light; stoplight (a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop)

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

hydraulic brake; hydraulic brakes (brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes)

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

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