fender

fender is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive/intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive/intransitive verb. One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
2. transitive/intransitive verb. A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
3. transitive/intransitive verb. Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
4. transitive/intransitive verb. A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
5. transitive/intransitive verb. Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
6. noun. a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

   Synonyms: buffer

7. noun. a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

   "in Britain they call a fender a wing"

   Synonyms: wing

8. noun. a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
9. noun. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

   Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, pilot

Synonyms

buffer, wing, cowcatcher, pilot

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in fender:

ferned, freend

Common word forms

fenders, fendered, fendering, fenderless

Words from these letters

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