Fender

Quick meaning: Fender is a noun meaning (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

Meaning

(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

More Meanings

1. (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water
2. a low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
3. (nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat
4. (nautical) any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute

Example Sentences

Now and then he would make a motion with his feet as if he were running quickly backward upstairs, and would tread on the edge of the fender, so that the fire-irons went flying and the buttered-bun dishes crashed against each other in the hearth.

Our solid, shiny chairs, our immense, dingy sofas, our heavy mahogany tables and our cast-iron fenders, often bearing the initials of long-dead railway companies, likewise our plaster walls of chocolate and duck-egg green and our hissing gasoliers have their roots deep in our national history.

Word Forms

• fenders
• fendering
• fendered

Synonyms for fender

Depending on context, synonyms include guard, wing, mudguard, pilot, buffer, cowcatcher.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cowcatcher, pilot, buffer, wing, tailgate, sheet.

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