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TRICYCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tricycle mean?
• TRICYCLE (noun)
The noun TRICYCLE has 1 sense:
1. a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
Familiarity information: TRICYCLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
tricycle; trike; velocipede
Hypernyms ("tricycle" is a kind of...):
wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tricycle"):
cycle rickshaw; pedicab (a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire)
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