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scapewheel

scapewheel is the alternative form of scape-wheel.

Meaning of scape-wheel

Noun

scape-wheel (plural scape-wheels)

  1. The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into whose teeth the pallets play.
    Synonyms:
    escape wheel

Forms of scapewheel

pluralscapewheels

Questions about scapewheel

What is scapewheel the alternative form of?
Scapewheel is the alternative form of scape-wheel.

Words near scapewheel in the dictionary

  1. scaper
  2. scapers
  3. scapes
  4. scapethrift
  5. scapethrifts
  6. scapewheel
  7. scapha
  8. scaphae
  9. scaphander
  10. scaphanders
  11. scaphandrid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scapewheel (page history and authors); scape-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.

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