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sprocket
[ sprok-it ]
noun
- Machinery.
- Also called chainwheel,. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain.
- one tooth of such a wheel.
- Carpentry. a wedge-shaped piece of wood extending a sloping roof over the eaves with a flatter pitch.
sprocket
/ ˈsprɒkɪt /
noun
- Also calledsprocket wheel a relatively thin wheel having teeth projecting radially from the rim, esp one that drives or is driven by a chain
- an individual tooth on such a wheel
- a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector
- a small wedge-shaped piece of wood used to extend a roof over the eaves
Word History and Origins
Origin of sprocket1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sprocket1
Example Sentences
Once we are into the new year, the sprocket wheel of general election fever will crank around a few notches.
May 2: Tesla stockholders are dismayed when CEO Elon Musk announces he is changing his name to Spacely and that his company will stop manufacturing electric cars in favor of sprockets.
Over in a dilapidated shack on the opposite side of the highway, 24-year-old Nasratullah Raihan said much the same as he watched a repairman fiddle with the rear sprocket of his bicycle.
And I didn’t go home as a junior mechanic assistant thinking, “Why didn’t I use the sprocket wrench?”
She began by asking through social media for donations to buy a new $65 sprocket to repair the bicycle used by Trayvon Bailey, 38.
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