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Gearbox

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See transmission.

n. A protective casing for a system of gears.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A box inclosing gearing to protect it.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed

Word Usage

"Rust coming out of every panel, some of the blue lights have fallen off and are dangling on the grille, someone has stolen the CCTV camera from in it, the gearbox is a complete mess … I could go on."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

shell casing case

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

gear case

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