English Explanatory Dictionary

handbrake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
  2. The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
verb
  1. To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-handbrake.wav

Word forms

handbrake handbrakes hand brake handbraking handbraked

Etymology

From hand + brake.

Synonyms

parking brake

Derived words

handbrake turn release the handbrake

Translations

Arabic: جَلَنْط Bengali: হাত ব্রেক Catalan: fre de mà Chinese Cantonese: 手掣 Chinese: 手擋 /手挡 Chinese Mandarin: 手剎 /手刹 Chinese Mandarin: 手剎車 /手刹车 Chinese Mandarin: 手閘 /手闸 Danish: håndbremse Dutch: handrem Faroese: hondbremsa Finnish: käsijarru Finnish: seisontajarru French: frein à main West-Frisian: hânrem German: Handbremse Greek: χειρόφρενο Hebrew: אמברקס Hungarian: kézifék Icelandic: handbremsa Icelandic: handhemill Italian: freno a mano Japanese: ハンドブレーキ Korean: 핸드브레이크 Luxembourgish: Handbrems Macedonian: рачна кочница Norwegian: håndbrekk Norwegian Bokmål: håndbrems Norwegian Bokmål: handbrems Norwegian Bokmål: håndbremse Norwegian Bokmål: handbremse Norwegian Bokmål: håndbrekk Norwegian Bokmål: handbrekk Norwegian Nynorsk: handbremse Norwegian Nynorsk: handbrems Norwegian Nynorsk: handbrekk Persian: ترمز دستی Polish: hamulec ręczny Portuguese: freio de mão Portuguese: travão de mão Russian: ручно́й то́рмоз Russian: ручни́к Spanish: freno de mano Swedish: handbroms Tagalog: kamay-pigil Turkish: el freni Welsh: brêc llaw
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