EMERGENCY BRAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emergency brake mean? 

• EMERGENCY BRAKE (noun)
  The noun EMERGENCY BRAKE has 1 sense:

1. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

  Familiarity information: EMERGENCY BRAKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMERGENCY BRAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

emergency; emergency brake; hand brake; parking brake

Hypernyms ("emergency brake" is a kind of...):

brake (a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Holonyms ("emergency brake" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

 Context examples 

"Don't tell me, old sport." He winced. "Anyhow—Daisy stepped on it. I tried to make her stop, but she couldn't so I pulled on the emergency brake. Then she fell over into my lap and I drove on.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)