Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 21 compound words that contain brakes. The most common are listed below. Open brakes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 49
- disc brakesplural of disc brake: A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.
- ride the brakesTo apply the brakes excessively, such that their working life will be shortened; most especially, to keep one's foot or hand on the brake pedal or lever even when no braking is needed.
- riding the brakespresent participle and gerund of ride the brakes
- rode the brakessimple past of ride the brakes
- ABS brakesplural of ABS brake: Antilock brake.
- air brakesplural of air brake: A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- disk brakesplural of disk brake: A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.
- drum brakesplural of drum brake: A form of brake in which friction is applied by pads to the inner surface of a rotating cylinder (the brake drum) connected directly to a wheel
- dynamic brakesplural of dynamic brake: A mechanism for performing dynamic braking.
- emergency brakesplural of emergency brake: A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
- vacuum brakesplural of vacuum brake: A brake used on trains, working on the principle of keeping up a vacuum in a continuous pipe or pipes extending under the train, and in brake-cylinders connected to them under each vehicle, the air being sucked out …
- coaster brakesplural of coaster brake: A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn.
- put on the brakesAlternative form of put the brakes on: To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
- Westinghouse brakesplural of Westinghouse brake: A proprietary air brake designed for railway use by George Westinghouse.
- antilock brakesplural of antilock brake: A brake fitted to modern road vehicles to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking.
- put the brakes onTo stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
- e-brakesplural of e-brake: A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
- foot brakesplural of foot brake: A brake controlled by foot, as opposed to a hand brake.
- hand brakesplural of hand brake: A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
- jake brakesplural of jake brake: Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.
- parking brakesplural of parking brake: A brake in a vehicle that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a hill or being pushed away.
- press brakesplural of press brake: A machine used in cold-forming sheet metal or strips of metal into desired profiles.
- rail brakesplural of rail brake: A type of brake, often magnetic or electromagnetic, which is pressed against the rail in railway track.
- ribbon brakesplural of ribbon brake: A brake having a band which nearly surrounds the wheel whose motion is to be checked.
- rim brakesplural of rim brake: A type of brake where two brake pads are pressed against the rotating wheelrim, slowing it down.
Compound words 21
- aerobrakesplural of aerobrake: A mechanism for aerobraking.
- airbrakesplural of airbrake: A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- autobrakesplural of autobrake: A system that automatically applies an aircraft's hydraulic wheel brakes upon touchdown during landing, or when the throttle is reduced to idle during a rejected takeoff.
- barleybrakesAlternative form of barleybrake: An ancient rural game, commonly played around stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.
- Bonebrakesplural of Bonebrake: A surname.
- brakeshoeAlternative form of brake shoe: An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.
- brakeshoesplural of brakeshoe: An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.
- brakesmenplural of brakesman: Someone who operates the winch in a mine.
- canebrakesplural of canebrake: A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants.
- chainbrakesplural of chainbrake: A safety device on a chainsaw that stops the chain during kickback.