wire wheel

noun

A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles.

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Meanings

nounwire wheel (plural wire wheels)

plural wire wheels · alternative wire-wheel

  1. A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles.

    If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.

    1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post
  2. An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc.
verbwire wheel (third-person singular simple present wire wheels, present participle wire wheeling, simple past and past participle wire wheeled)

present singular third person wire wheels · participle present wire wheeling · participle past wire wheeled · past wire wheeled

  1. alternativetransitiveAlternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb).
Cite this entry
APA

wire wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20wheel

MLA

“wire wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20wheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wire wheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wire%20wheel.

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