free end

noun

The end of an internal combustion engine that does not drive anything such as a gearbox, transmission or generator.

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Meanings

nounfree end (plural free ends)

plural free ends

  1. The end of an internal combustion engine that does not drive anything such as a gearbox, transmission or generator.

    The fan is driven by an extension shaft from the free end of the engine.

    1958 June 29, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, end.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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