FENDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fender mean? 

• FENDER (noun)
  The noun FENDER has 4 senses:

1. a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

2. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

3. a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

4. a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

  Familiarity information: FENDER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FENDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fender; wing

Context example:

in Britain they call a fender a wing

Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):

barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

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

mudguard; splash-guard; splash guard (a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels)

Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Derivation:

fend (withstand the force of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buffer; cowcatcher; fender; pilot

Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):

engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)

Derivation:

fend (withstand the force of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):

guard; safety; safety device (a device designed to prevent injury or accidents)

Derivation:

fend (withstand the force of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buffer; fender

Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Derivation:

fend (withstand the force of something)

 Context examples 

She had got over the fender now, and I had got over my suspicion.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In a room without a window, there burnt a fire guarded by a high and strong fender, and a lamp suspended from the ceiling by a chain.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Here, thank you,” said the lawyer, and he drew near and leaned on the tall fender.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I did, sir, and at the sight of me he looked as I have never seen a man look before, and over he went with his head on the fender.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It also provides a snapshot of our galaxy’s history, showing that the Milky Way has had its fair share of galactic fender benders with other galaxies.

(All we are is dust in the interstellar wind, NSF)

“How much better is this,” said she, as she walked to the fender—“how much better to find a fire ready lit, than to have to wait shivering in the cold till all the family are in bed, as so many poor girls have been obliged to do, and then to have a faithful old servant frightening one by coming in with a faggot!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But by-and-by, when the teething worry was over and the idols went to sleep at proper hours, leaving Mamma time to rest, she began to miss John, and find her workbasket dull company, when he was not sitting opposite in his old dressing gown, comfortably scorching his slippers on the fender.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

After sitting long enough to admire every article of furniture in the room, from the sideboard to the fender, to give an account of their journey, and of all that had happened in London, Mr. Collins invited them to take a stroll in the garden, which was large and well laid out, and to the cultivation of which he attended himself.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He was tender of the very slippers she had been warming, as he put them on, and stretched his feet enjoyingly upon the fender.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

His mistress had ceased to scream and was stretched insensible upon a couch, while with his feet tilted over the side of an armchair, and his head upon the ground near the corner of the fender, was lying the unfortunate soldier stone dead in a pool of his own blood.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)