Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "brake" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

accelerate floor it

Typical Location

car

Capable Of

slow bus slow car

Coordinate Terms

chute

Derived Terms

ABS brake Bahama brake Buchanan's brake Cretan brake Fries's brake Prony brake V brake Wallich's brake Westinghouse brake aerobrake air brake air-braked airbrake antilock brake autobrake back pedal brake band brake brake assembly brake band brake bias brake block brake check brake cylinder brake disc brake drum brake dust brake fade brake fluid brake gear brake harrow brake horsepower brake light brake line brake lining brake mean effective pressure brake noodle brake pad brake pedal brake pipe brake press brake shoe brake tender brake test brake van brake wheel brakeage brakeforce brakeful brakegear brakeless brakeload brakemaker brakeman brakepad brakepipe braker brakeshoe brakesman brakewoman brakey bread brake brifter caliper brake cane brake canebrake cliffbrake coastal brake coaster brake cypress brake dead man's brake deadman's brake disc brake drum brake dynamic brake e-brake emergency brake fernbrake foot brake friction brake giant brake hand brake handbrake independent brake jake brake jungle brake ladder brake lithobrake long-tipped brake longleaf brake muzzle brake netted brake overbrake parabrake parking brake press brake put the brakes on rail brake regenerative brake ribbon brake rim brake rockbrake sand brake semi-pinnated brake service brake shaking brake shooting brake shooting-brake sledge brake spider brake spoon brake strap brake toothed brake track brake tread brake unbrake unbraked vacuum brake water brake wheelbrake

Etymologically Related To

bracken chick chicken

Inflected/Variant Forms

break

Context

driving engineering historical military nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

brush brushwood constraint coppice copse fern halt restraint stop thicket

Type Of (IsA)

brush carriage fern restraint user guided device vehicle part

Manner Of

stop

Part Of

car wheeled vehicle

Receives Action

found in car

Related Terms

hackle ripple scutch swingle

Related Terms

baker ballista bicycle bicycle part bikes bracken break in brier bruise cage car car part car slower car stopper carriage cart clod confine crossbow crush device drag enclosure fern flax frame friction friction brake handle harrow hemp horse how how stop in car knead machine overgrown pads part pedal plough power prevent pulverise pump refractory sheet metal shoe slow slower smith steam engine stop stop car stopper stopping stopping bikes stopping car stopping power stops stops car thicket tool torture trough vehicle wheel wheels winch

Synonym Network

bracken

Used For

fail stop

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.