"training wheels" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ wiːlz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˌ(h)wilz/ [General-American]
Etymology: From training wheel + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|pluralia tantum}} pluralia tantum, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|training wheel|s|id2=pluralia tantum|pos2=suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns}} training wheel + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} training wheels pl (plural only)
  1. (figuratively) Anything designed to make something easier for a novice. Tags: figuratively, plural, plural-only Derived forms: with training wheels Translations (anything designed to make something easier for a novice): apuvälineet [plural] (Finnish), apupyörät [plural] (Finnish), pomoc [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-training_wheels-en-noun-GNE-ZmO1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ wiːlz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtreɪnɪŋ ˌ(h)wilz/ [General-American]
Etymology: From training wheel + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|pluralia tantum}} pluralia tantum, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|training wheel|s|id2=pluralia tantum|pos2=suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns}} training wheel + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns) Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} training wheels
  1. plural of training wheel Tags: form-of, plural Form of: training wheel
    Sense id: en-training_wheels-en-noun-TUpWyWWb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s (pluralia tantum): 11 89

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