Underframe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underframe is a noun meaning The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
Meaning
The supporting structure of a piece of furniture, a vehicle, etc.
Example Sentences
Each half-section of the battery weighs about eight tons, and the two underframes had to be strengthened to take this weight.
The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases.
The main fuel tank is slung from the underframe midway between the two bogies, and its capacity of 420 gal. supplies both the main engine and the train heating boiler.
Nos. 5300/1, which were finished in January, are the Southern's first "4-EPB" units to the standard B.R. design on 63 ft. 5 in. underframes, as against the S.R. 62 ft.; [...].
Word Forms
- underframes
Synonyms for underframe
Depending on context, synonyms include frame, skeleton.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frame, skeleton, bedframe, foundation, bed-frame, underbed.
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