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ROWEL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: rowelled    , rowelling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rowel" is a kind of...):

wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))

Holonyms ("rowel" is a part of...):

gad; spur (a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb rowel

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