Definitions for fenders

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fenders fend·er

Spelling: [fen-der]

IPA: /ˈfɛn dər/

Fenders is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in fenders (deefnrs).

Definitions for fenders

noun

1. the pressed and formed sheet-metal part mounted over the road wheels of an automobile, bicycle, etc., to reduce the splashing of mud, water, and the like.
2. a device on the front of a locomotive, streetcar, or the like, for clearing the track of obstructions.
3. a mudguard or splashboard on a horse-drawn vehicle.
4. Nautical. a piece of timber, bundle of rope, or the like, hung over the side of a vessel to lessen shock or prevent chafing, as between the vessel and a dock or another vessel.
5. a low metal guard before an open fireplace, to keep back falling coals.
6. a person or thing that wards something off.

Origin of fenders

1350-1400; Middle English fendour, aphetic variant of defendour defender

Examples for fenders

She walked slowly to the mantel and set one slim foot on the fender.

They were sitting on each side of the hearth, with their toes on the fender.

Josh leaned over the gunwale, and reported that there was no fender out.

When you left the piano for the fender Rhodes and various synthesizers and came back to it, did it affect the way you play piano?

I went to the fireplace and picked my ball out of the fender.

He bought a fender Stratocaster guitar when he was young, but it remained untouched in his room for years.

Bettina, with her small feet on the fender, considered the situation.

She fell into fits of hysteria, sat whole hours listless, with her feet on the fender.

Plain little Miss Matthews sipped her tea, with her feet on the fender.

A big fire burned in an open grate on a hearth without a fender.