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wagon wheel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
  2. (especially) The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons. ▸ The wooden spoked wheel of a horse-drawn wagon as often used in centuries past.
    • Near-synonyms: cartwheel, artillery wheel
  3. (US, in-plural) Synonym of ruote (“a type of pasta shaped like a wheel”).
  4. A graphical representation of the cricket field, with lines showing the trajectories of the scoring balls hit by a batsman; singles, fours and sixes are shown in different colours.

Forms

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wagon wheels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

wagon-wheel effect

Hypernyms

wheel · wheel

Synonyms

artillery wheel · ruote · cartwheel

wikidata: Q113625795 · wikipedia: wagon wheel