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freewheels

freewheels is the plural of freewheel.

freewheels is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Questions about freewheels

What is freewheels the plural of?
Freewheels is the plural of freewheel.

Words near freewheels in the dictionary

  1. freewheelers
  2. freewheelin'
  3. freewheeling
  4. freewheelingly
  5. freewheelingness
  6. freewheels
  7. freewil
  8. freewill
  9. freewiller
  10. freewillers
  11. freewoman

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