CAMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does camber mean? 

• CAMBER (noun)
  The noun CAMBER has 3 senses:

1. a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)

2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

3. the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top

  Familiarity information: CAMBER used as a noun is uncommon.

• CAMBER (verb)
  The verb CAMBER has 1 sense:

1. curve upward in the middle

  Familiarity information: CAMBER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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

convex shape; convexity (a shape that curves or bulges outward)

Derivation:

camber (curve upward in the middle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

bank; camber; cant

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

incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)

Derivation:

camber (curve upward in the middle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

alignment (the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other)

• CAMBER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they camber    ... he / she / it cambers   
Past simple: cambered   
Past participle: cambered   
-ing form: cambering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curve upward in the middle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "camber" is one way to...):

arc; arch; curve (form an arch or curve)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

camber (a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force)

camber (a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road))