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AXLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shaft on which a wheel rotates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("axle" is a kind of...):
shaft (a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "axle"):
dead axle (an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it)
journal (the part of the axle contained by a bearing)
driving axle; live axle (the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power)
Holonyms ("axle" is a part of...):
wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)
