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Meaning of wheel flat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.

Examples

“Severe wheel flats caused by locking brakes led to the derailment of DB Cargo UK's 2152 Robeston-Theale oil train near Llangennech, in South Wales, on August 26.”

CEFR level

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

wheel hoe wheel horse wheel house wheel lathe wheel lock wheel of death

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