Definitions for chassis

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chassis chas·sis

Spelling: [chas-ee, -is, shas-ee]

IPA: /ˈtʃæs i, -ɪs, ˈʃæs i/

Chassis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in chassis (achisss).

Definitions for chassis

noun

1. Automotive. the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle, on which the body is supported.
2. Ordnance. the frame or railway on which a gun carriage moves backward and forward.
3. the main landing gear of an aircraft; that portion of the landing gear that supports an aircraft.
4. Radio and Television. a frame for mounting the circuit components of a radio or television set.
5. a construction forming the sides, top, and bottom of a cabinet, showcase, or the like.

Origin of chassis

1655-65; French châssis frame; akin to chase²

Examples for chassis

So long as the car body would stand on the chassis it was not repaired.

We started out like regular racers, just the chassis, savey?

Jason carefully set the parts out on the chassis before he spoke.

His demeanor had completely changed since he had climbed into the chassis.

The prototype Land Rover was designed by a Jeep owner and built on a Jeep chassis.

But the majority of what they did not dare trust to the gas-bag they carried in the chassis.

You have slept at the wheel and in the chassis, after hours of work.

On these wooden rails was the chassis of a Ford car, and we rode in state.

Hugh gripped the side of the chassis as the secret was mentioned.

It was a large wagon with a sort of house built on the chassis.