cambox

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noun

A metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears.

OriginEnglish box ← Middle English box ← Old English box →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nouncambox (plural camboxes)

plural camboxes

  1. engineeringA metal "box" that houses cams, in the same manner that a gearbox houses gears.

    André took off the cambox covers on a Chapelon and described in detail the action of the valves and the method of setting.

    1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵembʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*kambaz
  4. Proto-West Germanicᚲᚨᛒᚨ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kamb
  6. Old Dutch*kamb
  7. Middle Dutchkamp
  8. Dutchkam
  9. Englishcam
  10. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  11. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  12. Late Latinbuxis
  13. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  14. Old Englishbox
  15. Middle Englishbox
  16. Englishbox
  17. Englishcambox

From cam + box.

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APA

cambox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambox

MLA

“cambox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambox. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cambox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cambox.

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