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cogwheel

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A gear wheel.
  2. Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
    attributive

Equivalents

DeutschZahnrad
العربيةترس
8 more languages
Češtinaozubené kolo
Ελληνικάγρανάζι
Suomiratasmainenrataspyörä
Galegoengrenaxe
한국어톱니바퀴
Kurdîترس
Polskitryb
Українськашестірня

Examples

“Near-synonyms: cog, gear (often synonymous)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cogwheeling cogwood COH COHA cohab cohabit

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