rotiform

[ roh-tuh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. shaped like a wheel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rotiform¹

1850–55; < New Latin rotiformis, equivalent to Latin rot ( a ) wheel + -i- -i- + -formis -form

Example Sentences

Associated words: spoke, felly, hub, strake, tire, straddle, cog, sprocket, linchpin, arbor, axle, axletree, sprag, traction, trochilics, trochilic, ratchet, flange, skid, rotiform. whetstone, n. oilstone.

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