Definitions For Handbrake

Verb

handbrak , ing To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.

Noun

HANDBRAKE (plural HANDBRAKEs) (automotive) A brake#etymology 4, brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked. (automotive) The mechanism, particularly the lock#verb, locking hand-operated lever in a motor car, which is used to set and release such a brake.

Synonyms

parking brake

Derived terms

handbrake turn

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 手掣 (sau2 zai3, sc=Hani) : Mandarin: 手剎, sc=Hani}}, 手刹 (shǒushā, sc=Hani), 手剎車, sc=Hani, 手刹车 (shǒushāchē, sc=Hani), 手閘, sc=Hani, {{t, cmn, 手闸 (shǒuzhá, sc=Hani) Danish: håndbremse Finnish: käsijarru French: frein à main, m German: Handbremse, f Greek: χειρόφρενο, n Hebrew: אמברקס, m, tr=ambreks Icelandic: handbremsa, f Italian: freno a mano, m Japanese: ハンドブレーキ (handoburēki, sc=Jpan) Luxembourgish: Handbrems, f Macedonian: рачна кочница, f Portuguese: freio de mão, m Russian: ручно́й то́рмоз, m, ручни́к, m {{qualifier, colloquial}} Spanish: freno de mano, m Swedish: handbroms, c Tagalog: kamay-pigil

Alternative forms

hand brake

Etymology

hand + brake

Is Handbrake a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
20

The word Handbrake is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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