Plural of wheel
regular plural
The plural of wheel is wheels.
Forms of wheel
| Singular | wheel /ˈwiːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wheels /wiːlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Wheels in a sentence
- Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too.2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal...
- If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.From the entry lock
- The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.From the entry scotch
- Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?From the entry duff
Meaning of wheel
- noun A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- noun A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.
- noun The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.
Questions about the plural of wheel
- What is the plural of wheel?
- The plural of wheel is wheels.
- Is wheel countable?
- Wheel is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wheel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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