"brake fluid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brake fluids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brake fluid (countable and uncountable, plural brake fluids)
  1. A special fluid for operating hydraulic brakes and clutches, which are linked by pipe to a master cylinder. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (hydraulic fluid): remvloeistof [feminine] (Dutch), jarruneste (Finnish), liquide de frein [masculine] (French), fékfolyadék (Hungarian), bremsevæske [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), płyn hamulcowy [masculine] (Polish), lichid de frână [neuter] (Romanian), fluid de frână [neuter] (Romanian), líquido de frenos [masculine] (Spanish), bromsvätska [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brake_fluid-en-noun-PBtOXoHb Disambiguation of Automotive: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'hydraulic fluid': 79 21
  2. (prison slang) Sedative drugs used to calm down a prisoner. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-brake_fluid-en-noun-SU2WtBSi Disambiguation of Automotive: 51 49

Inflected forms

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