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pinion wires

pinion wires is the plural of pinion wire.

Meaning of pinion wire

Noun

pinion wire (countable and uncountable, plural pinion wires)

  1. Wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.

Questions about pinion wires

What is pinion wires the plural of?
Pinion wires is the plural of pinion wire.

Words near pinion wires in the dictionary

  1. pining stools
  2. piningly
  3. pinings
  4. pinion
  5. pinion wire
  6. pinion wires
  7. pinioned
  8. pinioner
  9. pinioners
  10. pinioning
  11. pinionless

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