Usually means: Wheel component housing brake shoes.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. brake drum: Merriam-Webster
  2. brake drum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brake drum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brake drum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brake drum: Vocabulary.com
  6. brake drum: Wiktionary
  7. brake drum: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. brake drum: Dictionary.com
  9. Brake drum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. brake drum: Rhymezone
  11. brake drum: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brake drum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. brake drum: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. brake drum: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brake drum)

▸ noun:  A hollow metal cylinder, attached to a wheel of a vehicle, to which pressure is applied when braking.

Similar:
drum, drum brake, brake shoe, brake disc, brake block, ribbon brake, brake, brake lining, brake wheel, friction drum, more...

Opposite:
accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle pedal

Types:
cast iron, steel, aluminum, carbon fiber, ceramic, fiberglass, more...

Adjectives:
braked, wheeled, wheely, rotal, three-wheeled, antisway, antiskid, wheelie, antilock, radial, wet

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Similar:
drum, drum brake, brake shoe, brake disc, brake block, ribbon brake, brake, brake lining, brake wheel, friction drum, more...

Opposite:
accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle pedal

Types:
cast iron, steel, aluminum, carbon fiber, ceramic, fiberglass, more...

Adjectives:
braked, wheeled, wheely, rotal, three-wheeled, antisway, antiskid, wheelie, antilock, radial, wet



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