noun
Meaning 1
The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crankcase
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noun
Meaning 2
housing for a crankshaft
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: housing
History
Etymology
From crank + case.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عُلْبَة الْمِرْفَق — crankcase
- Catalan: càrter — crankcase
- Danish: krumtaphus — crankcase
- Finnish: kampikammio — crankcase
- French: carter — crankcase
- German: Kurbelgehäuse — crankcase
- Greek: στροφαλοθάλαμος (strofalothálamos) — crankcase
- Hebrew: בֵּית גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה (beyt gal arkuba) — crankcase
- Polish: skrzynia korbowa — crankcase
- Portuguese: cárter — crankcase
- Serbo-Croatian: karter ulja — crankcase
- Spanish: cárter — crankcase
- Swedish: vevhus — crankcase
- Thai: ห้องข้อเหวี่ยง — crankcase
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