CAR WHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does car wheel mean? 

• CAR WHEEL (noun)
  The noun CAR WHEEL has 1 sense:

1. a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car

  Familiarity information: CAR WHEEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAR WHEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("car wheel" 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))

Meronyms (parts of "car wheel"):

hub (the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes)

hubcap (cap that fits over the hub of a wheel)

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "car wheel"):

fifth wheel; spare (an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle)

Holonyms ("car wheel" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)