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Synonyms for chassis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : chas-ee, -is, shas-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæs i, -ɪs, ˈʃæs i



Définition of chassis

Origin :
  • "base frame of an automobile," 1903, American English; earlier "window frame" (1660s), from French châssis "frame," Old French chassiz (13c.) "frame, framework, setting," from chasse "case, box, eye socket, snail's shell, setting (of a jewel)," from Latin capsa "box, case;" see case (n.2) + French -is, collective suffix for a number of parts taken together. Cf. sash (n.2).
  • noun framework
Example sentences :
  • Jason carefully set the parts out on the chassis before he spoke.
  • Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
  • Hugh gripped the side of the chassis as the secret was mentioned.
  • Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
  • So long as the car body would stand on the chassis it was not repaired.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
  • It was a large wagon with a sort of house built on the chassis.
  • Extract from : « Ticktock and Jim » by Keith Robertson
  • You have slept at the wheel and in the chassis, after hours of work.
  • Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason
  • But the majority of what they did not dare trust to the gas-bag they carried in the chassis.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Aviators in Africa » by Wilbur Lawton
  • We started out like regular racers, just the chassis, savey?
  • Extract from : « Three Soldiers » by John Dos Passos
  • On these wooden rails was the chassis of a Ford car, and we rode in state.
  • Extract from : « Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North » by Fullerton Waldo
  • His demeanor had completely changed since he had climbed into the chassis.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly » by Margaret Burnham
  • A chassis, suitable for a 71⁄2 horse-power quick-speed, two-cylinder motor, is shown in Fig. 227.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson

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