THIRD GEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does third gear mean? 

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

1. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THIRD GEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

third; third gear

Context example:

you shouldn't try to start in third gear

Hypernyms ("third 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 ("third gear" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)