Meaning

1 senses
  1. A crank that is turned manually.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The engine needs to be hand-cranked to start.

  2. Tom used a hand-cranked pasta machine to make fresh pasta.

  3. 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

  4. This hand-cranked flashlight contains a dynamo which generates DC to charge the battery.

  5. The Gerber story started in a kitchen, with a hand-cranked food strainer, a hungry baby and a loving mother.

Forms

plural: hand cranks
Singularhand crank
Pluralhand cranks

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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