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free wheel

free wheel is the alternative form of freewheel.

Meaning of freewheel

Noun

freewheel (plural freewheels)

  1. A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
  2. The mode or state of operation thus produced: Synonym of neutral.

See all 6 meanings of freewheel

Forms of free wheel

pluralfree wheels

Questions about free wheel

What is free wheel the alternative form of?
Free wheel is the alternative form of freewheel.

Words near free wheel in the dictionary

  1. free warrens
  2. free water
  3. free waters
  4. free weight
  5. free weights
  6. free wheel
  7. free wheels
  8. free will
  9. Free Will Baptist
  10. Free Will Baptists
  11. free will theorem

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