Buffers Synonyms

An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fenders
  2. cushions
  3. zones
  4. pilots
  5. screens
  6. safeguards
  7. pads
  8. backstops
An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. buffs
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Words Related to Buffers

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Buffers Sentence Examples

  • Too fast, he felt the buffers' effect on his powers lessen, and magic exploded through him.

  • When portable cranes are fitted with springs and axle-boxes, drawgear and buffers, so that they can be coupled to an ordinary railway train, they are called " breakdown " or " wrecking " cranes.

  • This coupling gear is placed centrally between a pair of buffers; formerly these were often left " dead " - that is, consisted of solid prolongations of the frame of the vehicle, but now they are made to work against springs which take up the shocks that occur when the wagons are thrown violently .against one another in shunting.

  • Thus a consolidation engine may weigh 126 tons with a length over buffers of 57 ft., corresponding to an average load of 2.55 tons per ft.

  • His power spun through him, but it was nothing compared to what he would feel without the two buffers.

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