The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
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Pulley
//ˈpʊli//
Synonyms for "pulley" (6 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 50 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- katrol noun (one of simple machines)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τροχιλεῖον noun (one of simple machines)
Arabic
1 entries- مَنْجُور noun (one of simple machines)
Armenian
1 entries- ճախարակ noun (one of simple machines)
Basque
2 entries- polea noun (one of simple machines)
- txirrika noun (one of simple machines)
Bulgarian
2 entries- макара́ noun (one of simple machines)
- скрипе́ц noun (one of simple machines)
Catalan
2 entries- corriola noun (one of simple machines)
- politja noun (one of simple machines)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 滑車 /滑车 noun (one of simple machines)
- 滑輪 /滑轮 noun (one of simple machines)
Czech
1 entries- kladka noun (one of simple machines)
Danish
1 entries- trisse noun (one of simple machines)
Dutch
1 entries- katrol noun (one of simple machines)
Esperanto
1 entries- pulio noun (one of simple machines)
Finnish
2 entries- pylpyrä noun (one of simple machines)
- väkipyörä noun (one of simple machines)
French
1 entries- poulie noun (one of simple machines)
Galician
4 entries- cadeixo noun (one of simple machines)
- carradeixo noun (one of simple machines)
- rinchadeira noun (one of simple machines)
- roudana noun (one of simple machines)
Georgian
1 entries- ჭოჭონაქი noun (one of simple machines)
German
4 entries- Flaschenzug noun (one of simple machines)
- Laufrolle noun (one of simple machines)
- Riemenrad noun (one of simple machines)
- Riemenscheibe noun (one of simple machines)
Greek
1 entries- τροχαλία noun (one of simple machines)
Hebrew
1 entries- גלגלת noun (one of simple machines)
Hindi
1 entries- घिरनी noun (one of simple machines)
Hungarian
1 entries- csiga noun (one of simple machines)
Icelandic
2 entries- talía noun (one of simple machines)
- trissa noun (one of simple machines)
Indonesian
1 entries- katrol noun (one of simple machines)
Irish
2 entries- puilín noun (one of simple machines)
- ulóg noun (one of simple machines)
Italian
2 entries- carrucola noun (one of simple machines)
- puleggia noun (one of simple machines)
Japanese
1 entries- 滑車 noun (one of simple machines)
Khmer
1 entries- រ៉ក noun (one of simple machines)
Korean
1 entries- 도르래 noun (one of simple machines)
Latin
1 entries- trochlea noun (one of simple machines)
Macedonian
2 entries- ма́кара noun (one of simple machines)
- скри́пец noun (one of simple machines)
Mon
1 entries- ရံက် noun (one of simple machines)
Māori
1 entries- tauru noun (one of simple machines)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- trinse noun (one of simple machines)
- trisse noun (one of simple machines)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مقره noun (one of simple machines)
Papiamentu
1 entries- katròl noun (one of simple machines)
Polish
1 entries- blok noun (one of simple machines)
Portuguese
2 entries- polia noun (one of simple machines)
- roldana noun (one of simple machines)
Romanian
1 entries- scripete noun (one of simple machines)
Russian
2 entries- блок noun (one of simple machines)
- шкив noun (one of simple machines)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čekrk noun (one of simple machines)
- чекрк noun (one of simple machines)
Slovak
1 entries- kladka noun (one of simple machines)
Slovene
1 entries- škripec noun (one of simple machines)
Spanish
4 entries- carrillo noun (one of simple machines)
- carrucha noun (one of simple machines)
- garrucha noun (one of simple machines)
- monospastos noun (one of simple machines)
Swedish
1 entries- trissa noun (one of simple machines)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalo noun (one of simple machines)
- tangkalag noun (one of simple machines)
Telugu
2 entries- కప్పీ noun (one of simple machines)
- గిలక noun (one of simple machines)
Thai
1 entries- รอก noun (one of simple machines)
Turkish
2 entries- kasnak noun (one of simple machines)
- makara noun (one of simple machines)
Ukrainian
1 entries- блок noun (one of simple machines)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ròng rọc noun (one of simple machines)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The river is six miles deep in some areas and the only way to cross it is using a pulley and a rope.
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He drew his water, which was excellent, from a very deep natural well, above which he had set up a very simple pulley block.
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Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his pulley.
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