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DEAD AXLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dead axle mean?
• DEAD AXLE (noun)
The noun DEAD AXLE has 1 sense:
1. an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
Familiarity information: DEAD AXLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dead axle" is a kind of...):
axle (a shaft on which a wheel rotates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dead axle"):
axletree (a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve)
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