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(brakes) 1 syllables

Definition

plural noun. devices used to slow down or stop a vehicle.

Example Sentence

He brakes the car on the curves. OR He hit the brakes to avoid a wreck.

More Example Sentences

He checked the brakes before driving again.

Synonyms

stoppers; decelerators; halters

Antonyms

speed up; accelerator

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Rhymes

  • aches
  • bakes
  • blake's
  • blakes
  • brakes
  • breaks
  • cake's
  • cakes
  • drakes
  • fakes
  • flakes
  • frakes
  • hakes
  • jake's
  • jakes
  • lake's
  • lakes
  • lakes'
  • makes
  • quake's
  • quakes
  • raikes
  • rakes
  • sakes
  • shakes
  • snake's
  • snakes
  • stake's
  • stakes
  • steaks
  • takes
  • wakes

  • awakes
  • mistakes
  • remakes
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