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View synonyms for cogwheel

cogwheel

[ kog-hweel, -weel ]

noun

  1. (not in technical use) a gearwheel, especially one having teeth of hardwood or metal inserted into slots.


cogwheel

/ ˈkɒɡˌwiːl /

noun

  1. another name for gearwheel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cogwheel1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; cog 1, wheel
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Example Sentences

When he crawled out, with a greasy cogwheel in his hand, he was soaked with perspiration and his overalls were stained by oil.

Between the rails runs a third broad and massive rail provided with teeth, which gear with a cogwheel under the locomotive.

Remove washer on the short end of shaft, also the cogwheel if the shaft has cogs on both ends.

They have very powerful engines and a cogwheel arrangement, the line making a zigzag up the mountain-side.

There was a grinding crash, and a large cogwheel tore its way through the roof.

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