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Meaning of forebody | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The forepart of a vehicle; foreside.
  2. The part of the vessel forward of amidships; foreship, forecastle.
  3. thorax

Equivalents

Bosanski front
Suomi etuosa
Hrvatski front
Српски front

Examples

“Beyond that, there are indications that some gains may be made on road vehicles by shaping the forebody in such a way that the external flow is channeled sideways around the vehicle, rather than over the top, as will be discussed in a later section.”
“The wear-off is intensified in heavily loaded areas, such as the ice belt in the ship's forebody, and during operations in heavy ice and especially in presence of soil or sand mixed in ice.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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