wire-wheel

verb

To clean (something, especially a rusty workpiece) with a wire wheel.

“They usually wire-wheel rusty stock when prepping it for fabrication.”

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Meanings

nounwire-wheel (plural wire-wheels)

plural wire-wheels

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of wire wheel.
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. transitiveTo clean (something, especially a rusty workpiece) with a wire wheel.

    They usually wire-wheel rusty stock when prepping it for fabrication.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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