sprocket

[ sprok-it ]
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noun
  1. Machinery.

    • Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel . a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain.

    • one tooth of such a wheel.

  2. Carpentry. a wedge-shaped piece of wood extending a sloping roof over the eaves with a flatter pitch.

Origin of sprocket

1
First recorded in 1530–40; origin uncertain

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How to use sprocket in a sentence

  • When the chain has been pulled through it may be hooked and adjusted to lower sprocket, and tightened up by screws at top.

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  • The net handle must have broken, and a piece of it has become wedged in the sprocket chain that operates the propeller.

British Dictionary definitions for sprocket

sprocket

/ (ˈsprɒkɪt) /


noun
  1. Also called: sprocket wheel a relatively thin wheel having teeth projecting radially from the rim, esp one that drives or is driven by a chain

  2. an individual tooth on such a wheel

  1. a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector

  2. a small wedge-shaped piece of wood used to extend a roof over the eaves

Origin of sprocket

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C16: of unknown origin

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