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spokes

spokes is the plural of spoke.

spokes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spoke.

Meaning of spoke

Noun

spoke (plural spokes)

  1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
    • The wheels were at first copies of a light hand-cart wheel, the wood spokes were brought together by tapering the spoke ends and wedging them together at the nave or hub and inserting the other ends in slots in the felloe or wood rim.1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 4
  2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
  3. A rung of a ladder.
  4. A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
  5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

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Phrases with spokes

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Questions about spokes

What is spokes the plural of?
Spokes is the plural of spoke.

Words near spokes in the dictionary

  1. spoken well of
  2. spoken with a forked tongue
  3. spoken word
  4. spoken words
  5. spokenness
  6. spokes
  7. spokesbabe
  8. spokesbabes
  9. spokesbear
  10. spokesbears
  11. spokesbeing

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