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wagon wheel

wagon wheel noun: the wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.

wagon wheel: the wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons
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Noun

wagon wheel (plural wagon wheels)

  1. The wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
    1. (especially) The wooden spoked wheel of a horse-drawn wagon as often used in centuries past.
      • Near-synonyms: cartwheel, artillery wheel
  2. (US, in plural) Synonym of ruote (“a type of pasta shaped like a wheel”).
    Synonyms:
    ruote
  3. A graphical representation of the cricket field, with lines showing the trajectories of the scoring balls hit by a batsman; singles, fours and sixes are shown in different colours.

Synonyms of wagon wheel

Forms of wagon wheel

pluralwagon wheels

Words formed from wagon wheel

Questions about wagon wheel

What does wagon wheel mean?
Wagon wheel means the wheel of a wagon, including railway wagons.
What part of speech is wagon wheel?
Wagon wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of wagon wheel?
The plural of wagon wheel is wagon wheels.

Words near wagon wheel in the dictionary

  1. Wagon Mound
  2. wagon train
  3. wagon trains
  4. wagon tree
  5. wagon trees
  6. wagon wheel
  7. wagon wheels
  8. wagon-lit
  9. wagon-load
  10. wagon-loads
  11. wagon-master

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