SPROCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sprocket mean? 

• SPROCKET (noun)
  The noun SPROCKET has 3 senses:

1. roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through

2. thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain

3. tooth on the rim of gear wheel

  Familiarity information: SPROCKET used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPROCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

roller (a cylinder that revolves)

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

camera; photographic camera (equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sprocket; sprocket wheel

Hypernyms ("sprocket" 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 ("sprocket" is a part of...):

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Tooth on the rim of gear wheel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cog; sprocket

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

tooth (something resembling the tooth of an animal)

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

cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)