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camber top

Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun camber has 3 senses

1.  camber(n = noun.shape) - a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road);
is a kind of
convex shape, convexity
Derived form verb camber1

2.  camber(n = noun.object) bank, cant - a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force;
is a kind of incline, side, slope
Derived form verb camber1

3.  camber(n = noun.act) - the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top;
is a kind of
alignment


Verb camber has 1 senses

   camber(v = verb.motion) - curve upward in the middle;
is one way to
arc, arch, curve
Derived forms noun camber2, noun camber1
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

camber, n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See Chamber, and cf. Camerate.].

1.  An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). [1913 Webster]

2.  An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. [1913 Webster]

Camber arch (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. -- Camber beam (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

camber, v. t.

   To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. [1913 Webster]


camber, v. i.

   To curve upward. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

camber, n. & v.
--n.
1 the slightly convex or arched shape of the surface of a road, ship's deck, aircraft wing, etc.
2 the slight sideways inclination of the front wheel of a motor vehicle.
--v.
1 intr. (of a surface) have a camber.
2 tr. give a camber to; build with a camber.

Etymology:
F cambre arched f. L camurus curved inwards


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Convexity

N  convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).


[RELATED WORDS]

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