Word.ws English Dictionary

gear wheel

/ɡɪə(ɹ)ʍiːl/US/ɡɪɚ ʍil/

gear wheel noun: a wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.

gear wheel: a wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear
Image: OSHA Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

gear wheel (plural gear wheels)

  1. A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.
    • Holonym: gearset
    • Near-synonyms: cog, gear
    Synonyms:
    cog wheel, cogwheel, cog, gear

gear wheel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Tagalog

gear wheel in Hindi

wheel with a toothed rim
गरारी garārī

gear wheel in Tamil

பற்சக்கரம், துணைப்பொறிச்சில்லு

gear wheel in Gujarati

gear wheel
દાંતાચક્ર dā̃tācakra

gear wheel in Tagalog

wheel with a toothed rim
ngiplong
More languagesFewer languages
gear wheel in Arabic
مُسَنَّنَة musannana
gear wheel in Malay
gigi roda
gear wheel in Indonesian
roda gigi
gear wheel in Thai
เฟือง fʉʉang, ฟันเฟือง fan-fʉʉang
gear wheel in Vietnamese
bánh răng, bánh xe răng cưa

Synonyms of gear wheel

Forms of gear wheel

pluralgear wheels

Origin of gear wheel

From gear + wheel.

Questions about gear wheel

What does gear wheel mean?
Gear wheel means a wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.
What is gear wheel in Hindi?
Gear wheel in Hindi is गरारी (garārī). See Gear wheel meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is gear wheel?
Gear wheel is a noun.
How do you pronounce gear wheel?
Gear wheel is pronounced /ɡɪə(ɹ)ʍiːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of gear wheel?
The plural of gear wheel is gear wheels.

Words near gear wheel in the dictionary

  1. gear to
  2. gear towards
  3. gear train
  4. gear trains
  5. gear up
  6. gear wheel
  7. gear wheels
  8. gear-up landing
  9. gear-up landings
  10. gear-wheel
  11. gear-wheels

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gear wheel (page history and authors); gear wheel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દાંતાચક્ર (Gujarati) (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gear wheel.wav.

Cite this entry: “gear wheel.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gear_wheel. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.