bumper bar

  • 1bumper bar — /ˈbʌmpə ba/ (say bumpuh bah) noun a horizontal bar affixed to the front or rear of a vehicle to give some protection in collisions …

  • 2bumper bar — A tubular bar or series of bars which are designed to protect the front of a vehicle …

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  • 3bumper — /ˈbʌmpə / (say bumpuh) noun 1. a person or thing that bumps. 2. → bumper bar. 3. a cup or glass filled to the brim, especially when drunk as a toast. 4. something unusually large or full. 5. Colloquial a cigarette end; a discarded cigarette,… …

  • 4bar — [1] A unit of pressure. One bar equals 100 kilopascals or 14.5 psi. [2] A rod. Also see anti roll bar anti sway bar antiroll bar boring bar bull bar bumper bar busbar compensating bar compensator …

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  • 5bumper sticker — /ˈbʌmpə stɪkə/ (say bumpuh stikuh) noun a long, thin sticker (def. 2) designed to be affixed to a bumper bar …

  • 6Bumper Crop — is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale published in 2004. In his introduction, he cites it as the companion piece to High Cotton , because he had so many stories which didn t quite fit in with the Best of but were more like personal… …

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  • 7bumper — ► NOUN 1) a protective horizontal bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle. 2) (also bumper race) Horse Racing a flat race for horses intended for future steeplechases. 3) archaic a large glass of an alcoholic drink. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …

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  • 8bumper — Originally a bumper was a separate metal bar or blade at each end of a vehicle to prevent damaging the main part of the vehicle from damage occurred by a slight bump into an obstruction or another vehicle. Also see bumper system energy absorbing… …

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  • 9bumper — bump|er1 [ˈbʌmpə US ər] n 1.) BrE a bar fixed on the front and back of a car to protect it if it hits anything American Equivalent: fender 2.) bumper to bumper bumper to bumper traffic is very close together and moving slowly bumper 2 bumper2 adj …

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  • 10bumper — 1 noun (C) 1 BrE a bar fixed on the front and back of a car to protect it if it hits anything; fender (1) AmE 2 bumper to bumper bumper to bumper traffic is very close together and moving slowly 2 adjective (only before noun) unusually large: a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English