FOOT PEDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foot pedal mean? 

• FOOT PEDAL (noun)
  The noun FOOT PEDAL has 1 sense:

1. a lever that is operated with the foot

  Familiarity information: FOOT PEDAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOT PEDAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lever that is operated with the foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

foot lever; foot pedal; pedal; treadle

Hypernyms ("foot pedal" is a kind of...):

lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot pedal"):

accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)

brake pedal (foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder)

clutch; clutch pedal (a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism)

soft pedal (a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound)

loud pedal; sustaining pedal (a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating)

Holonyms ("foot pedal" is a part of...):

bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)

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

organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)