Camber

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a ski.
  • noun. The condition of having an arched surface.
  • noun. A setting of automobile wheels in which they are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
  • intransitive & transitive verb. To arch or cause to arch slightly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A harbor.
  • To arch; bend; curve, as ship-planks.
  • noun. A convexity upon an upper surface, as of a deck amidships, a bridge, a beam, or a lintel.
  • noun. The curve of a ship's plank.
  • noun. A small dock or part of a dock, protected by a breakwater, where boats and small craft may lie quietly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
  • intransitive verb. To curve upward.
  • noun. An upward convexity of a deck or other surface.
  • noun. An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback.
  • noun. an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.
  • noun. a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, a beam, roof deck, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
  • noun. The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
  • noun. A vertical alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive camber signifying that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
  • noun. The curvature of an airfoil.
  • noun. A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
  • verb. To curve upwards in the middle.
  • verb. To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. curve upward in the middle
  • noun. the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
  • noun. a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
  • noun. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  • Word Usage
    "If you started snowboarding more than five years ago, you probably began by using a board with an arched middle-what's called a camber."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amber  amber  clamber  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amplitude  apse  arcade  arcature  arch  
    variant
    hogback  
    verb-form