spoke.
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
Meaning & usage
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.
A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
simple past of speak
past participle of speak
Where this word comes from
From Middle English speke, spake, spoke, spak, spek, speken, spoken, from Old English spæc, specen.
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