STEERING GEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steering gear mean? 

• STEERING GEAR (noun)
  The noun STEERING GEAR has 1 sense:

1. a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle

  Familiarity information: STEERING GEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEERING GEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("steering gear" is a kind of...):

gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))

Holonyms ("steering gear" is a part of...):

steering mechanism; steering system (a mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle))