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Meaning of Spoke | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
spəʊk

Definitions

  1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
  2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
  3. A rung of a ladder.
  4. A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
  5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca dəndənə
Català radi raig
Cymraeg adain ffon sbôc
Dansk ege
Ελληνικά ακτίνα
Esperanto radio spoko
Español radiar radio ray rayo varilla
Français rayon
Gàidhlig bas spòg
Galego radio
हिन्दी तीली
Magyar küllő
Հայերեն ճաղ
Íslenska spæll
Italiano raggio razzo
日本語 じく スポーク
ខ្មែរ កាំ
한국어 바퀴살
Kurdî bas baş cam cam Ege radî radî ray têl
Lëtzebuergesch Speech
Nederlands spaak
Português raio
Română spiță
Русский спица
Shqip spice
Svenska eker
ไทย ซี
Türkçe parmak tel
Українська спи́ця
Tiếng Việt cam nan hoa

Examples

“The wheels were at first copies of a light hand-cart wheel, the wood spokes were brought together by tapering the spoke ends and wedging them together at the nave or hub and inserting the other ends in slots in the felloe or wood rim.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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