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wire wheel en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles.
    • If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel. 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
  2. An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc.

Forms

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wire-wheel alternative lexicographic
wire wheels Number=Plur lexicographic

wikidata: Q2746628

wire wheel en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, transitive) Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb).
    alt of wire-wheel

Forms

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wire wheeled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wire wheeled Tense=Past lexicographic
wire wheeling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wire wheels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic