wheelpit

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noun

A pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs.

OriginEnglish pit ← Middle English pit ← Old English pytt →
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Meanings

nounwheelpit (plural wheelpits)

plural wheelpits · alternative wheel pit

  1. A pit in the ground, in which the lower part of a flywheel runs.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Proto-West Germanic*puti
  8. Old Englishpytt
  9. Middle Englishpit
  10. Englishpit
  11. Englishwheelpit

From wheel + pit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pitwheel
Cite this entry
APA

wheelpit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelpit

MLA

“wheelpit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelpit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheelpit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelpit.

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