Spoke

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the rods or braces connecting the hub and rim of a wheel.
  • n. Nautical One of the handles projecting from the rim of a ship's steering wheel.
  • n. A rod or stick that may be inserted into a wheel to prevent it from turning.
  • n. A rung of a ladder.
  • v. To equip with spokes.
  • v. To impede (a wheel) by inserting a rod.
  • v. Past tense of speak.
  • v. Archaic A past participle of speak.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piece that fits between the axle and the round outside, or rim, of a wheel.
  • v. To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
  • v. Simple past of speak.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. of speak.
  • n. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
  • n. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
  • n. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
  • n. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill.
  • v. To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the bars, rods, or rungs which are inserted in the hub or nave of a wheel, and serve to support the rim or felly; a radius of a wheel. See cut under felly.
  • n. One of the rounds or rungs of a ladder.
  • n. One of a number of pins or handles jutting from the periphery of the steering-wheel of a vessel.
  • n. A bar of wood or metal so placed in or applied to the wheel of a vehicle as to prevent its turning, as when going down a hill. See second phrase below.
  • To fit or furnish with spokes: as, to spoke a wheel.
  • Preterit and obsolete past participle of speak.
  • n. See spoke-stitch.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
  • n. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
    • Verb Form
    spoked    spokes    spoking   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    support    crosspiece   
    Variant
    speak   
    Form
    spoked    spoking   
    Verb Stem
    speak   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baroque    Coke    Koch    Polk    Stoke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    axle    hub    bearing    grille    handlebar   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.