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monkey wheel

monkey wheel noun: a tackle-block over which a hoisting rope is run.

Noun

monkey wheel (plural monkey wheels)

  1. A tackle-block over which a hoisting rope is run.

Forms of monkey wheel

pluralmonkey wheels

Questions about monkey wheel

What does monkey wheel mean?
Monkey wheel means a tackle-block over which a hoisting rope is run.
What part of speech is monkey wheel?
Monkey wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey wheel?
The plural of monkey wheel is monkey wheels.

Words near monkey wheel in the dictionary

  1. monkey trial
  2. monkey up
  3. monkey walk
  4. monkey walks
  5. Monkey Ward's
  6. monkey wheel
  7. monkey wheels
  8. monkey wrench
  9. monkey wrench in the works
  10. monkey wrencher
  11. monkey wrenchers

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