axles
Meaning of axles
plural noun
- a rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) passing through the centre of a wheel or group of wheels.
the exhaust pipe corrodes around the bend which goes over the rear axle on motor cars
axle grease
North American railways operate cars at much higher axle loads
Middle English (originally axle-tree ): from Old Norse ǫxultré .
Information about axles
- It is a name.
- The singular form of axles is: axle.
- Languages in which axles is used:
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Hyphenation of axles
axles
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- axles is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
axles synonyms
Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:
Meaning a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves:
Meaning a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal:
Meaning US spelling of arbour:
Meaning a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc:
Meaning the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates:
Meaning a shaft or spindle in a lathe, to which work is fixed while being turned:
Anagrams of axles
Words that rhyme with axles
transaxles, wraxles, cacomixles
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