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crank shaft

crank shaft is the alternative form of crankshaft.

Meaning of crankshaft

Noun

crankshaft (plural crankshafts)

  1. A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.

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Forms of crank shaft

pluralcrank shafts

Words that rhyme with crank shaft

Questions about crank shaft

What is crank shaft the alternative form of?
Crank shaft is the alternative form of crankshaft.

Words near crank shaft in the dictionary

  1. crank out
  2. crank pin
  3. crank pins
  4. crank science
  5. crank sciences
  6. crank shaft
  7. crank shafts
  8. crank stock
  9. crank stocks
  10. crank the handle
  11. crank the hog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crank shaft (page history and authors); crankshaft (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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