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Dictionary definition: wheel
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
Copyright© The Oxford American College Dictionary 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information)
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wheel
/
(h)wēl
/
• n.
1.
a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground.
∎
a circular object that revolves on an axle and forms part of a machine.
∎
(
the wheel
)used in reference to the cycle of a specified condition or set of events:
the final release from the wheel of life.
∎
(
the wheel
)
historical
a large wheel used as an instrument of punishment or torture, esp. by binding someone to it and breaking their limbs:
a man sentenced to be
broken on the wheel
.
2.
a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential ...
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