I had a fender bender on my way to work.
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Fender
//ˈfɛnd.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "fender" (116 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Translations
79 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِصَدّ noun (panel of a car)
Basque
1 entries- lohi-babes noun (panel of a car)
Bulgarian
3 entries- калник noun (panel of a car)
- калник noun (shield on a bicycle)
- кранец noun (nautical term)
Catalan
1 entries- parafang noun (panel of a car)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 擋泥板 /挡泥板 noun (panel of a car)
Czech
2 entries- blatník noun (panel of a car)
- blatník noun (shield on a bicycle)
Danish
3 entries- bagskærm noun (panel of a car)
- fender noun (nautical term)
- forskærm noun (panel of a car)
Dutch
4 entries- haardscherm noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
- spatbord noun (panel of a car)
- spatbord noun (shield on a bicycle)
- stootkussen noun (nautical term)
Esperanto
1 entries- fendro noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
Finnish
4 entries- fendari noun (nautical term)
- kipinäsuoja noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
- lepuuttaja noun (nautical term)
- lokasuoja noun (panel of a car)
French
4 entries- aile noun (panel of a car)
- défense noun (nautical term)
- garde-boue noun (panel of a car)
- garde-boue noun (shield on a bicycle)
German
3 entries- Fender noun (nautical term)
- Kotflügel noun (panel of a car)
- Schutzblech noun (shield on a bicycle)
Greek
2 entries- παράβλημα noun (nautical term)
- προφυλακτήρας noun (panel of a car)
Hebrew
1 entries- כנף noun (panel of a car)
Hungarian
2 entries- sárhányó noun (panel of a car)
- sárhányó noun (shield on a bicycle)
Irish
1 entries- cliathán noun (panel of a car)
Italian
2 entries- parabordo noun (nautical term)
- parafango noun (panel of a car)
Japanese
1 entries- フェンダー noun (panel of a car)
Korean
1 entries- 흙받기 noun (panel of a car)
Macedonian
4 entries- калник noun (panel of a car)
- калник noun (shield on a bicycle)
- крило noun (panel of a car)
- решетка пред камин noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
Māori
2 entries- pare noun (panel of a car)
- pareparu noun (shield on a bicycle)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fender noun (nautical term)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fender noun (nautical term)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- چامورلق noun (panel of a car)
- چامورلق noun (shield on a bicycle)
- یاصدق noun (nautical term)
Polish
3 entries- błotnik noun (panel of a car)
- błotnik noun (shield on a bicycle)
- odbijacz noun (nautical term)
Portuguese
1 entries- para-lama noun (shield on a bicycle)
Russian
3 entries- кра́нец noun (nautical term)
- крыло́ noun (panel of a car)
- крыло́ noun (shield on a bicycle)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- blȁtobrān noun (panel of a car)
- blȁtobrān noun (shield on a bicycle)
- бла̏тобра̄н noun (panel of a car)
- бла̏тобра̄н noun (shield on a bicycle)
Spanish
4 entries- aleta noun (panel of a car)
- defensa noun (nautical term)
- guardabarros noun (shield on a bicycle)
- guardafuego noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
Swedish
4 entries- brasskydd noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
- eldskärm noun (metal framework in front of a fireplace)
- fender noun (nautical term)
- skärm noun (panel of a car)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cái chắn bùn noun (panel of a car)
- cái chắn bùn noun (shield on a bicycle)
Welsh
1 entries- gard olwyn noun (panel of a car)
Western Apache
2 entries- bikʼai noun (panel of a car)
- biwos noun (panel of a car)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The fender was badly dented.
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There were no damages to the cars involved in the fender bender.
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Many of the decisions we make every day are based on less-than-perfect knowledge. For example, while GPS-based applications on smartphones can provide a travel-time estimate for our daily drive to work, an unexpected factor like a sudden downpour or fender bender might mean a ride originally estimated to be 20 minutes could actually take longer.
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