Word.ws English Dictionary

measuring wheels

measuring wheels is the plural of measuring wheel.

Meaning of measuring wheel

Noun

measuring wheel (plural measuring wheels)

  1. A wheel attached to a handle which can be pushed along to measure the distance between two points.
    • The London Midland Region of British Railways is using a special measuring wheel to assist in determining the length of signalling cables required in connection with the electrification of the main line between Crewe and Manchester.1958 July, “Notes and News: Measuring Wheel for Railway Works”, in Railway Magazine, page 505

Questions about measuring wheels

What is measuring wheels the plural of?
Measuring wheels is the plural of measuring wheel.

Words near measuring wheels in the dictionary

  1. measuring tape
  2. measuring tapes
  3. measuring the drapes
  4. measuring up
  5. measuring wheel
  6. measuring wheels
  7. measuring worm
  8. measuring worms
  9. measuringly
  10. measurings
  11. meat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: measuring wheels (page history and authors); measuring wheel (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:

Cite this entry: “measuring wheels.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/measuring_wheels. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.