disc brake

noun

A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.

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Meanings

noundisc brake (plural disc brakes)

plural disc brakes · alternative disk brake

  1. UKautomotiveA type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc (or rotor) made of steel or ceramic.

    The railbuses are equipped with automatic compressed air disc brakes; in the event of failure causing reduced pressure in the brake pipe, the brakes are automatically operated.

    1958 July 28, “German Railbuses for German Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads

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disk brake
Broader
hydraulic brakehydraulic brakes

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque disko-balazta
  • disko-balaztatype of brake
Catalan fre de disc
  • fre de disctype of brake
Chinese Mandarin 碟式軔機 /碟式轫机
  • 碟式軔機 /碟式轫机 (diéshìshūjī)type of brake
Dutch schijfrem
  • schijfremtype of brake
Finnish levyjarru
  • levyjarrutype of brake
French frein à disque
  • frein à disquetype of brake
German Scheibenbremse
  • Scheibenbremsetype of brake
Greek δισκόφρενο
  • δισκόφρενο (diskófreno)type of brake
Hungarian tárcsafék
  • tárcsaféktype of brake
Indonesian rem cakram
  • rem cakramtype of brake
Italian freno a disco
  • freno a discotype of brake
Korean 디스크 브레이크
  • 디스크 브레이크 (diseukeu beureikeu)type of brake
Norwegian Bokmål skivebrems
  • skivebremstype of brake
Persian ترمز دیسکی
  • ترمز دیسکیtype of brake
Polish hamulec tarczowy
  • hamulec tarczowytype of brake
Russian ди́сковый то́рмоз
  • ди́сковый то́рмоз (dískovyj tórmoz)type of brake
Swedish skivbroms
  • skivbromstype of brake
Turkish disk fren
  • disk frentype of brake
Ukrainian дискове гальмо
  • дискове гальмо (dyskove halʹmo)type of brake
Vietnamese đĩa thắng
  • đĩa thắngtype of brake
Cite this entry
APA

disc brake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disc%20brake

MLA

“disc brake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disc%20brake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disc brake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disc%20brake.

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