air dam

noun

: a device attached to the underside of the front of an automobile to improve stability, aerodynamic performance, and engine cooling by redirecting the flow of air

Examples of air dam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Air hitting the front of the car at speed is now redirected thanks to self-closing grill flaps and air dams located near the tires, both of which help reduce drag by six percent over the old e-tron models. —

Marco Della Cava, Robb Report, 6 June 2023 Air is picked up by a four-inch-diameter duct just above the front air dam, flows unimpeded to the carburetor, where fuel is added, and then turns through 90 degrees in the plenum to enter the turbo compressor in a horizontal stream. —

Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023 There’s also the reshaped lower air dam, unique 20-inch wheels and, naturally, the absence of exhausts at the rear. —

Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023 The bizarre downward slope of the air dam's side panels, for example, does for the 164S what extra eyeliner does for Tammy Faye Bakker. —

John Phillips, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for air dam