AXLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)