alloy wheel

noun

A wheel made from an alloy other than steel (a lighter and more expensive one), as for example one of aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy, and (usually) styled so as to draw attention to its sportiness and desirability.

“I see that he blinged it up a bit by ordering the package with the spoiler and the alloy wheels.”

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Meanings

nounalloy wheel (plural alloy wheels)

plural alloy wheels

  1. automotiveA wheel made from an alloy other than steel (a lighter and more expensive one), as for example one of aluminium alloy or magnesium alloy, and (usually) styled so as to draw attention to its sportiness and desirability.

    I see that he blinged it up a bit by ordering the package with the spoiler and the alloy wheels.

Translations

Finnish aluvanne, alumiinivanne
  • aluvannealuminium wheel
  • alumiinivannealuminium wheel
French roue en alliage
  • roue en alliagealuminium wheel
German Leichtmetallfelge
  • Leichtmetallfelgealuminium wheel
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APA

alloy wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alloy%20wheel

MLA

“alloy wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alloy%20wheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alloy wheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alloy%20wheel.

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