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 Definitions of wheel and axle  [ʰwil, wil]  

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Definition of 'wheel and axle' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wheel and axle
a simple machine consisting typically of a cylindrical drum to which a concentric wheel is firmly fastened: ropes are so applied that as one rope unwinds from the wheel, another is wound onto the drum.

Etymology:  (1765–75)

Definition of 'wheel and axle' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wheel and axle
hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

'wheel and axle' - Nearby Entries  

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