Meaning

2 senses
  1. A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.

    Handbremse

    ручно́й то́рмозručnój tórmoz, ручни́кručník

  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.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Where's the handbrake in this car?

    ruГде в этой машине ручной тормоз?

    deWo ist in diesem Auto die Handbremse?

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  2. The handbrake lever was just behind the gearstick.

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  3. Tom drove through town with his handbrake on, without noticing it.

    deTom fuhr mit angezogener Handbremse durch die Stadt, ohne es zu merken.

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  4. Tom pulls the handbrake.

    deTom zieht die Handbremse.

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  5. Tom pulled the handbrake.

    deTom zog die Handbremse an.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hand-operated brake in a car:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hand-operated brake in a car:

Origin

From hand + brake.

From hand + brake.

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Forms

plural: handbrakes

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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