emergency brake
A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergencyA brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
» Tom pulled the emergency brake.
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2 sensesA brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
(dated)A parking brake.
Notbremse
стоп-кранstop-kran
- a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
Examples
7 sentencesTom pulled the emergency brake.
The elevator's emergency brake doesn't work.
Yanni pulled the emergency brake again.
I'm going to pull the emergency brake.
Tom stopped the train by pulling the emergency brake.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: emergency brakes| Singular | emergency brake |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage:hand brakeemergencyparking brake
See also
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