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Brakes

/bɹeɪks/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters

Definition of Brakes

noun

  1. A fern; bracken.

noun

  1. A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

noun

  1. A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
  2. A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
  3. A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

verb

  1. To bruise and crush; to knead

    "The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough"

  2. To pulverise with a harrow

noun

  1. An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
  2. The handle of a pump.
  3. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

    "She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car."

  4. A baker's kneading trough.
  5. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.

verb

  1. To operate (a) brake(s).
  2. To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

noun

  1. A cage.
  2. A type of torture instrument.

Anagrams of Brakes

Exact Anagrams

3 words using all 6 letters:

bakersbreakskebars

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "brakes":

6-LETTER WORDS

bakersbreakskebars

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "brakes" and rearranging:

+aarabesk
+cbackers
+ddebarks
+ebeakersberakes
+lbalkers
+membarks
+nbankers
+rbarkers

Related Word Patterns

BR...Words starting with "br"...ESWords ending with "es"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "brakes"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

swipe

ANTONYMS

acceleratefloor itput the pedal to the metalredline

Rhyming Words

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