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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure)..
The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop.
These VEAs (of which some 550 were built in total) would themselves have been converted from 1962 vanwides, refurbished and fitted with airbrakes specifically with Ministry of Defence munitions traffic in mind, as many military establishments and depots would have had track too sharply curved for newer airbraked wagons.
The BAe 146 and Fokker 100's tailcone-mounted airbrakes allow them to slow down quickly for steep approaches without experiencing the lift degradation seen with spoiler-only aircraft.
Use air brake when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Air brake means A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure)..
Common synonyms include dive brake.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop.
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