Word: pulley
Category: pulley
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Related words: pulley
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Synonyms: pulley
eyeglass
Translations: pulley
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spanish
Translations:
polea
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german
Translations:
rolle, winde, scheibe, flaschenzug, seilrolle
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french
Translations:
poulie, galet
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italian
Translations:
puleggia, carrucola
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portuguese
Translations:
arrancar, polia
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dutch
Translations:
katrol, hijsblok, schijf
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russian
Translations:
шкив, ворот, блок
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norwegian
Translations:
talje
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swedish
Translations:
block
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finnish
Translations:
talja, väkipyörä, vintturi
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danish
Translations:
trisse
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czech
Translations:
kladka
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polish
Translations:
krążek, rolka, kółko, blok, koło
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greek
Translations:
τροχαλία
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ukrainian
Translations:
знімачі
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bulgarian
Translations:
блок
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estonian
Translations:
plokivinn, rihmaratas, plokk
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croatian
Translations:
kotur, točak, kolut, kolotura, čekrk, dizalica
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lithuanian
Translations:
skridinys
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latvian
Translations:
trīsis
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slovak
Translations:
kladka
The meaning and "use of": pulley
noun
- a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used (typically in combination) to raise heavy weights. - Prior to World War II, the sash (the parts that move) was counterweighted by a temperamental arrangement of cords, pulleys and iron weights.
- hoist with a pulley. - It's like being on a boat, sleeping on the bus, waking, buying a lift ticket, being pulleyed up the mountain, the payoff, the floating dance of linked telemark turns.
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