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
Example
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.
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