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camber^¹

/ˈkæm.bə/ UK
/ˈkæm.bɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From Old French cambre (“bent”), from Latin camurum, from camur (“arched”).

noun cambre

uncountable A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides. From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic camber and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few plane leaves, dusty but still green, were already falling, since the summer had been so hot and rainless all through.
uncountable The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force. Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside a tea-shop.
Similar: crossfall
uncountable An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
uncountable The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
uncountable The curvature of an airfoil.
uncountable A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.

verb cambers · cambering · cambered · cambre

To curve upwards in the middle.
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle. Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.

Camber^²

proper noun

A coastal village and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9618).

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noun slight convexity of a surface

Español	combadura
Русский	вы́пуклость výpuklostʹ

noun slope of a curved road

Español	peralte

noun alignment of wheels

Español	inclinación
Français	carrossage
Deutsch	Radsturz, Sturz

noun nautical: small enclosed dock for mast timber

Italiano	bolzone

verb to curve upwards

Español	combar

verb to adjust the camber of the wheels

Español	peraltar

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@misc{camber_2026,
  title = {camber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camber},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}