fender
Other forms: fenders
A fender is the part of a car that protects and frames its wheels and keeps mud from splashing it. Most modern vehicles have fenders on their front wheels.
When you get into a minor car accident, you can call it a "fender bender," and it's possible that your fenders did get slightly dented. Another kind of fender guards or protects a ship, train, or streetcar; in the case of a train, this is also called a "cowcatcher," and it can actually push debris off the track to keep the train from hitting it. This 13th century word is a shortened form of defender.
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a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud“in Britain they call a fender a wing”synonyms: wingtypes:mudguard, splash guard, splash-guarda curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheelstype of:barriera structure or object that impedes free movement
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a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
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an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the tracksynonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, pilottype of:frameworka structure supporting or containing something
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a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
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