scoopwheel

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noun

A wheel, driven by wind or steam, having a series of scoops that are used to raise water.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

nounscoopwheel (plural scoopwheels)

plural scoopwheels · alternative scoop wheel

  1. A wheel, driven by wind or steam, having a series of scoops that are used to raise water.

Origin

  1. Englishscoop
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  4. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  5. Old Englishhwēol
  6. Middle Englishwhel
  7. Englishwheel
  8. Englishscoopwheel

From scoop + wheel.

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Translations

Catalan sínia
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German Wurfrad
  • WurfradTranslations
Swedish skophjul
  • skophjulTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“scoopwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoopwheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scoopwheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoopwheel.

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