Meaning

4 senses
  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

    Kettenrad, Ritzel, Zahnkranz

    цепно́е колесо́cepnóje kolesó, звёздочкаzvjózdočka

    thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain

  2. (usually plural)The tooth of such a wheel.

    зубе́цzubéc

    tooth on the rim of gear wheel

  3. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.

    Aufschiebling, Eselsohr

  4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

    Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Do you know what a sprocket is?

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  2. Do you have the sprockets?

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  3. Prise off the circlip fastening the sprocket to the hub.

    deLöse den Sicherungsring, mit dem das Kettenrad an der Nabe befestigt ist.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
toothed wheel:
tooth of such wheel:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
toothed wheel:
extension of roof:

Origin

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

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Forms

plural: sprockets

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain:sprocket wheel
  • tooth on the rim of gear wheel:cog

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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