hand crank
hand crank · hand cranks
A crank that is turned manuallyA crank that is turned manually.
» The engine needs to be hand-cranked to start.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA crank that is turned manually.
Examples
5 sentencesThe engine needs to be hand-cranked to start.
Tom used a hand-cranked pasta machine to make fresh pasta.
The low-cost computer operates by hand-crank when electricity is unavailable and can access wireless networks.
deDer kostengünstige Computer wird bei Strommangel per Handkurbel angetrieben und kann auf drahtlose Netzwerke zugreifen. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
This hand-cranked flashlight contains a dynamo which generates DC to charge the battery.
The Gerber story started in a kitchen, with a hand-cranked food strainer, a hungry baby and a loving mother.
Forms
plural: hand cranks| Singular | hand crank |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhand-cranked