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two-wheel

two-wheel

2 3.5
A vehicle with two wheels like a bicycle or scooter
  • adjective
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  • For those who prefer exercise and the ultimate green way to get around on two wheels, Germany even features the "Call a Bike" program in eight cities and at over 40 train stations.
  • two-wheel drive
  • two-wheel bicycle
  • two-wheel-drive truck

Examples

  • I bought a used full-size pickup with a V6, two-wheel drive, and no frills.

    Blog text (5)
  • Who would've believed that so many children around the world would be riding (and not just riding, I mean ripping!) on two wheels, without training wheels, before the age of four?

    Blog text (1)
  • Some of her best theological reflection happens on two wheels as she rides her bike around the hills of western Oregon.

    Blog text (26)
  • These two-wheel machines race on road courses, dirt oval tracks, and bumpy terrain courses.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The campus was very hilly—the first place she had ever seen that wasn't flat—and she had imagined coasting down the steep hills on her new two-wheel bike.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Many cyclists prefer riding on two-wheel bicycles during their weekend trips.

  • The new scooter design showcases a modern two-wheel configuration.

  • For city commuting, a two-wheel electric bike is often more practical than a car.

Synonyms

two-wheeled
vstwo-wheel
1 2.8

Having two wheels, like a bicycle or cart

has identical meaning but appears as a base hyphenated form not the -ed adjective

Antonyms

18 2.0

A vehicle that has four wheels

How Many Wheels

four-wheel
18 2.0
three-wheel
1 3.3
two-wheel
2 3.5

Surface Forms

two-wheel positive

Morphology

two-wheel = two + wheel (transparent) = two + wheel

The adjective is a straightforward compound 'two' + 'wheel', meaning 'having two wheels', which is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

Two-wheel is a simple compound of two and wheel, where two means 'two' and wheel means 'a round part that turns'. So a two-wheel vehicle is one that has two wheels, like a bicycle or a scooter.