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wheels within wheels

wheel with·in wheel
W w

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hweel, weel with-in, with- hweel, weel]
    • /ʰwil, wil wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- ʰwil, wil/
    • /wiːl wɪˈðɪn wiːl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hweel, weel with-in, with- hweel, weel]
    • /ʰwil, wil wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- ʰwil, wil/

Definitions of wheels within wheels words

  • noun wheels within wheels a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery. 1
  • noun wheels within wheels any machine, apparatus, instrument, etc., shaped like this or having a circular frame, disk, or revolving drum as an essential feature: a potter's wheel; roulette wheel; spinning wheel. 1
  • noun wheels within wheels steering wheel. 1
  • noun wheels within wheels Nautical. a circular frame with an axle connecting to the rudder of a ship, for steering: He took the wheel during the storm. a paddle wheel. a propeller. 1
  • noun wheels within wheels Informal. a bicycle. 1
  • noun wheels within wheels a round object, decoration, etc.: a wheel of cheese; a design of red wheels and blue squares. 1
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Origin of wheels within wheels

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English whel(e), Old English hwēol, hweohl; cognate with Dutch wiel, Old Norse hjōl; akin to Greek kýklos (see cycle); (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Wheels within wheels

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Wheels within wheels

wheels within wheels popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for wheels within wheels

adj wheels within wheels

  • daedalean — an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
  • gasser — Herbert Spencer, 1888–1963, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1944.
  • gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
  • hi tech — a style of interior design using features of industrial equipment
  • hi-tech — Of, or using high technology.

adjective wheels within wheels

  • entangled — Simple past tense and past participle of entangle.
  • interlaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interlace.
All 8 Synonyms of wheels within wheels

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