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gear box

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gear⋅box

[geer-boks]
–noun
1. a transmission, as in an automobile.
2. a shield or housing for gears.
Also, gear box.


Origin:
1885–90; gear + box 1
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gear box

noun
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed [syn: gearbox
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