Definition of Air bag

1. Noun. A safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward.

Generic synonyms: Bag, Constraint, Restraint
Group relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar

Definition of Air bag

1. Noun. A car safety device that deploys when a road vehicle gets in an accident. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Bag

air-shot
air-slake
air-tight
air-to-air
air-to-air missile
air-to-air missiles
air-to-ground
air-to-ground missile
air-to-surface
air-to-surface missile
air alert
air ambulance
air ambulances
air attache
air attack
air bag
air bags
air ball
air base
air bases
air bed
air beds
air biscuit
air bladder
air bladders
air bounce
air brake
air brakes
air brick

Literary usage of Air bag

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including a Sketch of Aural by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1891)
"Having introduced the catheter we may force air through it into the cavity of the tympanum, by means of an air-bag whose nozzle should fit accurately in the ..."

2. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1877)
"In such cases an air-bag is attached to the end of the thin rope, and this bag being inflated, acquires an ascending power sufficient to carry with it a ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"From these insufficient experiments it was inferred, that the air contained in the air-bag is a secretion; that in fishes which live near the surface azote ..."

4. Manual of Diseases of the Ear: Including Those of the Nose and Throat in by Thomas Barr (1896)
"While the catheter is being introduced, the air-bag may be conveniently held in the left arm-pit of the surgeon. Mode of Inflation. The catheter having been ..."

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