"wire wheel" meaning in English

See wire wheel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: wire wheels [plural], wire-wheel [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wire wheel (plural wire wheels)
  1. A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles. Wikidata QID: Q2746628
    Sense id: en-wire_wheel-en-noun-en:Q2746628
  2. An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc.
    Sense id: en-wire_wheel-en-noun-en:abrasive_tool Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Automotive parts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 66 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 79 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Automotive parts: 22 48 29

Verb

Forms: wire wheels [present, singular, third-person], wire wheeling [participle, present], wire wheeled [participle, past], wire wheeled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wire wheel (third-person singular simple present wire wheels, present participle wire wheeling, simple past and past participle wire wheeled)
  1. (transitive) Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb). Tags: alt-of, alternative, transitive Alternative form of: wire-wheel (extra: verb)
    Sense id: en-wire_wheel-en-verb-en:clean_with_a_wire_wheel__v_t__ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wire wheels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire-wheel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wire wheel (plural wire wheels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              95,
              105
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:",
          "text": "If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles."
      ],
      "id": "en-wire_wheel-en-noun-en:Q2746628",
      "links": [
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
        [
          "central",
          "central"
        ],
        [
          "hub",
          "hub"
        ],
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ],
        [
          "rim",
          "rim"
        ],
        [
          "spokes",
          "spokes"
        ],
        [
          "automobile",
          "automobile"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q2746628"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q2746628"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 66 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 79 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 68 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 48 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Automotive parts",
          "orig": "en:Automotive parts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-wire_wheel-en-noun-en:abrasive_tool",
      "links": [
        [
          "abrasive",
          "abrasive"
        ],
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "rotary",
          "rotary"
        ],
        [
          "wire brush",
          "wire brush"
        ],
        [
          "angle grinder",
          "angle grinder"
        ],
        [
          "bench grinder",
          "bench grinder"
        ],
        [
          "chuck",
          "chuck"
        ],
        [
          "handheld",
          "handheld"
        ],
        [
          "power drill",
          "power drill"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:abrasive tool"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wire wheel"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wire wheels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wire wheel (third-person singular simple present wire wheels, present participle wire wheeling, simple past and past participle wire wheeled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "verb",
          "word": "wire-wheel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb)."
      ],
      "id": "en-wire_wheel-en-verb-en:clean_with_a_wire_wheel__v_t__",
      "links": [
        [
          "wire-wheel",
          "wire-wheel#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:clean with a wire wheel (v.t.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wire wheel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Automotive parts"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wire wheels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire-wheel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wire wheel (plural wire wheels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              95,
              105
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:",
          "text": "If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
        [
          "central",
          "central"
        ],
        [
          "hub",
          "hub"
        ],
        [
          "connect",
          "connect"
        ],
        [
          "rim",
          "rim"
        ],
        [
          "spokes",
          "spokes"
        ],
        [
          "automobile",
          "automobile"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q2746628"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q2746628"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abrasive",
          "abrasive"
        ],
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "rotary",
          "rotary"
        ],
        [
          "wire brush",
          "wire brush"
        ],
        [
          "angle grinder",
          "angle grinder"
        ],
        [
          "bench grinder",
          "bench grinder"
        ],
        [
          "chuck",
          "chuck"
        ],
        [
          "handheld",
          "handheld"
        ],
        [
          "power drill",
          "power drill"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:abrasive tool"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wire wheel"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Automotive parts"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wire wheels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wire wheeled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wire wheel (third-person singular simple present wire wheels, present participle wire wheeling, simple past and past participle wire wheeled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "verb",
          "word": "wire-wheel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wire-wheel",
          "wire-wheel#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:clean with a wire wheel (v.t.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wire wheel"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wire wheel meaning in English (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.