road/ground clearance

noun

: distance above the ground

The car has a road/ground clearance of seven inches.

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The Polaris Sportsman Touring 570 offers 11.5 inches of ground clearance, and paired with its enhanced suspension this ATV can take different kinds of terrain. —

Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Now longer and wider, the Kicks gained 1.4 inches of ground clearance, too. —

Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 The trailer delivers 20 inches (51 cm) of ground clearance. —

New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2024 To plow through up to 32 inches of water in Extract mode by increasing ground clearance to 16 inches. —

Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for road/ground clearance

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