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crankless

crankless adjective: without a crank (mechanical component).

Adjective

crankless (not comparable)

  1. Without a crank (mechanical component).

Origin of crankless

From crank + -less.

Questions about crankless

What does crankless mean?
Crankless means without a crank (mechanical component).
What part of speech is crankless?
Crankless is an adjective.

Words near crankless in the dictionary

  1. crankish
  2. crankism
  3. crankle
  4. crankled
  5. crankles
  6. crankless
  7. crankling
  8. crankman
  9. crankmen
  10. crankness
  11. crankpin

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