WHEEL
What does "WHEEL" mean?
A circular object that turns on an axle, used to move loads or transmit force.
Meanings
- A circular frame or disk that rotates on an axle to enable movement or do work. The cart's wooden wheel creaked on the rutted road.
- A steering wheel for controlling a vehicle. He kept both hands on the wheel through the storm.
- To push or move something on wheels. She wheeled the suitcase down the platform.
- To turn and move in a wide curve, as birds do. The gulls wheeled above the harbor.
Did you know?
- 'Wheel,' 'cycle,' and the Greek 'kuklos' (circle) all spin out of the same ancient root - a doubled word that may have imitated the turning of the thing itself.
Word origin
From Old English 'hwēol', from a Proto-Indo-European root '*kʷékʷlos' meaning 'wheel' or 'circle', which also gave Greek 'kuklos' (circle) and English 'cycle'.
Remember it
WHEEL has two E's side by side like two round wheels rolling together down the road.
A little poem
A circle decides
to go nowhere, perfectly -
and so carries us.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why was the wheel such a great invention? Because it really got things rolling.
What it teaches
The thing that turns in place is exactly the thing that moves the whole load forward.
Quick facts
What does WHEEL mean?
A circular object that turns on an axle, used to move loads or transmit force.
Is WHEEL a valid word?
Yes — WHEEL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WHEEL?
WHEEL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WHEEL come from?
From Old English 'hwēol', from a Proto-Indo-European root '*kʷékʷlos' meaning 'wheel' or 'circle', which also gave Greek 'kuklos' (circle) and English 'cycle'.
What can WHEEL teach us?
The thing that turns in place is exactly the thing that moves the whole load forward.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.