Definition of wheel

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of wheel is as below...

Wheel (n.) A circular frame having handles on the periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder for the purpose of steering..

Lern More About Wheel

Wheeler :: Wheeler (n.) A worker on sewed muslin.
Cone :: Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..
Paddle :: Paddle (v. i.) One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel..
Peritrochium :: Peritrochium (n.) The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis..
Glazer :: Glazer (n.) A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A potter's wheel.
Water Wheel :: Water wheel () The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..
Chill :: Chill (n.) The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points..
Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..
Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels..
Wheely :: Wheely (a.) Circular; suitable to rotation.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
Felly :: Felly (n.) The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes..
Rundle :: Rundle (n.) Something which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us