Sprocket

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  • noun. Any of various toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain.
  • noun. A cylinder with a toothed rim that engages in the perforations of photographic or movie film to pull it through a camera or projector.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of a series of projections in a grooved recess round the lower part of a ship's capstan, by which the chain-cable is grasped while heaving up anchor.
  • noun. One of the projections on a sprocket-wheel which engage the chain.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain.
  • noun. A sprocket wheel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
  • noun. The tooth of such a wheel.
  • noun. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  • noun. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
  • noun. thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
  • noun. tooth on the rim of gear wheel
    • Word Usage
    "There is a drop down menu from the top middle bar of your working window (with a little 'sprocket' symbol)."
    Form
    sprocket wheel  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    roller  tooth  wheel  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    docket  pocket  rocket  socket  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    3/8-inch  axle  bogie  cam  cog  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cog  comb  crag  fang  harrow  
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