"pillow block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pillow blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pillow block (plural pillow blocks)
  1. A mounting used to support a rotating shaft, using a bearing in a housing which is bolted to a foundation or bedplate with the mounted shaft in a parallel plane to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the centre line of the mounting holes; functionally similar to a plummer block. Wikipedia link: pillow block
    Sense id: en-pillow_block-en-noun-M8wh01P8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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