Spoke

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent

spəʊk

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolradiar radio rayrayo varilla

Françaisrayon

Deutscheinspeichen Speiche

35 more languages

العربيةتكلم سِلْك m شُعَاع

Azərbaycan dilidəndənə

Bosanskibas baš čamradi radio špajhla tel žbica жбица шпајхла

Catalàradi raig

Češtinapaprsek příčel špice

Cymraegadain ffon sbôc

Danskege

Ελληνικάακτίνα

Esperantoradio spoko

Suomipinna Puola puolapuu

Gàidhligbas spòg

Galegoradio raza

हिन्दीतीली

Hrvatskibaš bas čamradi radio špajhla tel žbica жбица шпајхла

Հայերենճաղ

Íslenskaspæll

Italianoraggio razzo

日本語じくスポーク輻

ភាសាខ្មែរកាំ

한국어바퀴살 살

Kurdîbas baş camEge radî ray têl

LëtzebuergeschSpeech

Nederlandsspaak

Polskiszprycha szprychowy

Portuguêsraio

Românăspiță

Русскийспица

Shqipspice

Српскиbaš bas čamradi radio špajhla tel žbica жбица шпајхла

Svenskaeker

ไทยซี

Türkçeparmak tel

Українськаспи́ця

Tiếng Việtcam 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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See also

spoke key spoke nipple spoke target spoke wrench spoke-bone spoke-dog

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