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sprocket

UK/ˈspɹɒkɪt/

sprocket noun: a toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

sprocket: a toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band
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Noun

sprocket (plural sprockets)

  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
    Synonyms:
    sprocket wheel
  2. (plural-normally) The tooth of such a wheel.
  3. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
    • Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.
    Synonyms:
    widget

sprocket meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Indonesian

sprocket in Tamil

சக்கரப்பல், கண்ணிப்பல், உதவும் சங்கிலிக்கண்

sprocket in Kannada

ಚಕ್ರಹಲ್ಲು

sprocket in Malay

toothed wheel
gegancu

sprocket in Indonesian

toothed wheel
roda rantai
More languagesFewer languages
sprocket in Vietnamese
đĩa, bánh răng

Synonyms of sprocket

Forms of sprocket

pluralsprockets
alternative formsplocket

Plural of sprocket: sprockets

Origin of sprocket

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

Words formed from sprocket

Phrases with sprocket

Words that rhyme with sprocket

Questions about sprocket

What does sprocket mean?
Sprocket means a toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
What is sprocket in Tamil?
Sprocket in Tamil is சக்கரப்பல், கண்ணிப்பல், உதவும் சங்கிலிக்கண். See Sprocket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sprocket?
Sprocket is a noun.
How do you pronounce sprocket?
Sprocket is pronounced /ˈspɹɒkɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of sprocket?
The plural of sprocket is sprockets.

Words near sprocket in the dictionary

  1. sprivivirus
  2. spriviviruses
  3. Sproat
  4. Sproats
  5. sproc
  6. sprocket
  7. sprocket wheel
  8. sprocket wheels
  9. sprocketed
  10. sprocketless
  11. sprockets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sprocket (page history and authors); sprocket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sprocket (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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