"millwheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: millwheels [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English milnewhel, from Old English mylenhwēol (“millwheel”), equivalent to mill + wheel. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|milnewhel}} Middle English milnewhel, {{inh|en|ang|mylenhwēol|t=millwheel}} Old English mylenhwēol (“millwheel”), {{compound|en|mill|wheel}} mill + wheel Head templates: {{en-noun}} millwheel (plural millwheels)
  1. A water wheel used to power a watermill. Synonyms: mill wheel Translations (water wheel used to power a watermill): воденично колело (vodenično kolelo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 水輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 水轮 (shuǐlún) (Chinese Mandarin), vesipyörä (Finnish), Mühlrad [neuter] (German), queeyl wyllinagh [feminine] (Manx), ме́льничное колесо́ (mélʹničnoje kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), kvarnhjul [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-millwheel-en-noun-XJ25bxnw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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