gearbox

Questions about gearbox

What does gearbox mean?

gearbox means "the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed".

How many syllables are in gearbox?

gearbox has 2 syllables: gear-box. The stress falls on "gear". In IPA it is /ˈɡɪɹˌbɑks/.

What is another word for gearbox?

Close synonyms include gear box, gear case. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gearbox a common word?

gearbox is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with gearbox?

11 words rhyme with gearbox. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.