Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parking brake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables: park-ing brake
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.

Example Sentences

"A hand parking brake operated from the adjacent cab is connected by rigging to the inner pair of wheels."
"RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them "completely inoperative"."

Inflected Forms

parking brakes (plural)

Synonyms

handbrake hand brake emergency emergency brake

Questions

What does parking brake mean?: A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.

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