spoke
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3.0
- noun
- /spoʊk/
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- The major problem with early spoke wheels was attaching the spokes to the nave.
- spokes of a wheel
- hub and spokes
- spokes and rim
I mean, spokes like this, they don't come off the shelf.
- I mean, spokes like this, they don't come off the shelf.
- Because at their core, at the hub or all these spokes meet, it's the same thing.
- We knew that little little future might be a three spoke star.
- Any loose spoke man, that thing didn't did the thing.
- You know, it's taking some of its great spokesman and then spokes then, isn't it?
Examples
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OK, so first of all, half of these spokes are completely loose.
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Well, a wheel has many spokes.
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Nice set of spokes you got there.
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By the time of the chariot, six spokes had become almost universal.
Academic text (2004) -
In simple terms, Miss Quested, life is a wheel with many spokes.
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I tried to tighten the spokes, but I couldn't.
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Two magnets were mounted on the spokes of one of the rear wheels, 180 degrees apart.
Academic text (1991) -
Streets fanned out from a circular hub like spokes overlapping other spokes in a giant puzzle.
Fiction book (1992) -
A bicycle wheel has several spokes to support its rim.
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The car's spokes were made of lightweight aluminum for better performance.
Synonyms
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4.1
A bar that goes from the hub of a wheel to its rim
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9.9
A piece that forms a step of a ladder or a spoke of a wheel
A thin metal or wooden bar that connects the center of a wheel to its outer edge
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.2
A transport system where local routes meet at a central place, like an airport, for long trips
- Specialized
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5.8
A way of moving people where local flights connect at one main airport for long flights
- Specialized
When the metal rods that hold a bicycle wheel are out of position and the wheel wobbles
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spoke comes from an old English word for a thin 'stick' or rod used in wheels and tools. So a spoke is the 'stick' that runs from the wheel's center to its rim and helps hold the wheel together.