Wheelbase
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The horizontal distance between the front and rear axles of a road or rail vehicle.
"Beneath the snow, and after we had left it behind, the road was as greasy as vaseline, as steep as a scenic railway, and often not a yard wider than the lorry’s wheelbase."
- 2 the distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Beneath the snow, and after we had left it behind, the road was as greasy as vaseline, as steep as a scenic railway, and often not a yard wider than the lorry’s wheelbase."
Etymology
From wheel + base.