WHEEL AND AXLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wheel and axle" is a kind of...):

hoist (lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects)

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