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Definition of gearwheel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gearwheel

noun

/ˈɡɪəwiːl/

/ˈɡɪrwiːl/

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a wheel in a set of gears, that has pointed parts called teeth around the edge

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