DEAD AXLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dead axle" is a kind of...):

axle (a shaft on which a wheel rotates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dead axle"):

axletree (a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve)

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