shock absorber

What does shock absorber mean?

shock absorber means "a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses".

What is another word for shock absorber?

Close synonyms include shock, cushion. 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 shock absorber a common word?

shock absorber is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for shock absorber come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.