Meaning

4 senses
  1. The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.

    Coordinate term: coachwork

    Near-synonym: undercarriage

    Chassis, Fahrgestell

    шасси́šassí

    шасі́šasí

    the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor

  2. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.

    Gehäuse

  3. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.

  4. (slang)A woman's buttocks.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The pocket-sized chassis makes the camera versatile.

  2. The chassis of the car had rusted away.

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  3. This server chassis is meant to be slotted into a rack to save space.

  4. The chassis of the ‘Genesis’ — by German engineering firm EDAG — is printed in one piece out of thermoplastic.

    deDas Fahrgestell des „Genesis“ des deutschen Ingenieurunternehmens EDAG wird in einem Stück aus Thermoplastik gedruckt. — Yorwba

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
base frame of motor vehicle:
Русский
By meaning 1
base frame of motor vehicle:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
base frame of motor vehicle:
frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment:

Origin

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

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Forms

plural: chassis
Singularchassis
Pluralchassis

irregular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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