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Definition: Axletree |
AxletreeNoun1. A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheel revolve. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "axletree" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Columella, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Axletree |
| English words defined with "axletree": axle bar, Axtree ♦ linchpin, lynchpin ♦ Sling cart ♦ Tarantass. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "axletree": Hickathrift. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "axletree": Axtree. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "axletree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tra (balk, baulk, joist, stock, timber), bosht që lidh dy rrota të kundërta, bosht (Arista, axis, axle, bobbin, fulcrum, kingbolt, kingpin, pivot, shaft, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ос (axis, axle, kingbolt, pin, shaft, shank, spindle, stalk, tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aksel (axis, axle, spindle), vognaksel (axle), konventionel aksel (conventional axle), hjulaksel (axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | as (arbor, ash, axis, axle, cinder, shaft, spindle), draagas (carrying axle, conventional axle, idler, idler axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | akseli (axis, axle, shaft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | essieu classique (conventional axle), essieu (axle, axle tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Achse(eines Wagens) (axle), Wagenachse (axle), übliche Achse (conventional axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνήθης άξονας (conventional axle), συμβατικός άξονας (conventional axle), άξων άμαξησ, άξονας τροχών (axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assale normale (conventional axle), assale fisso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axletreeay eixo normal (conventional axle), eixo (axis, axle, center line, centre line, hub, kingpin, pivot, spindle). (various references) колесный вал (axle-tree). (various references) vratilo (beam, horizontal bar, shaft). (various references) eje (axis, axle, hinge, hub, linchpin, pivot, shaft, spindle). (various references) vagnsaxel, hjulaxel (Arbor, axis, axle, spindle). (various references) колісний вал. (various references) echel (axis, axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | lins. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "axletree": axletrees. (additional references) | |
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"Axletree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aalstreep, Allestree, alpestre, Altrieve, axeltree, exletree. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-l-r-t-x" | |
-1 letter: exalter. | |
-2 letters: elater, relate. | |
-3 letters: alert, alter, arete, artel, eater, elate, exalt, exert, extra, laree, later, latex, laxer, ratel, relax, relet, retax, taler, taxer, telae, telex. | |
-4 letters: alee, axel, axle, earl, late, lear, leer, leet, rale, rate, real, reel, rete, tael, tale, tare, teal, tear, teel, tela, tele, tree. | |
-5 letters: ale, alt, are, art, ate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-l-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: axletrees. | |
+3 letters: excremental, externalise, externalize. | |
+4 letters: experiential, experimental, externalised, externalises, externalized, externalizes, heterosexual. | |
+5 letters: exaggeratedly, exasperatedly, exemplarities, externalities, heterosexuals. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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