chassis

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæsi/
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/ˈt͡ʃæsi/ · /ˈʃæsi/ · /ˈt͡ʃæsiz/ · /ˈʃæsiz/ · /ˈʃæzi/

Definition of chassis

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
    “Coordinate term: coachwork”
    “Near-synonym: undercarriage”
    “The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .”
    “The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.”
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noun

  1. The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
    “Coordinate term: coachwork”
    “Near-synonym: undercarriage”
    “The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .”
    “The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.”
  2. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  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.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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