WAGON WHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wagon wheel mean? 

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

1. a wheel of a wagon

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAGON WHEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wheel of a wagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wagon 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 "wagon wheel"):

hoop; ring (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)

radius; spoke; wheel spoke (support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim)

wagon tire (a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel)

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

waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)

 Context examples 

Martin washed woollens that day, by hand, in a large barrel, with strong soft-soap, by means of a hub from a wagon wheel, mounted on a plunger- pole that was attached to a spring-pole overhead.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)