millwheel

mill wheel

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Definitions of millwheel word

noun millwheel a wheel, especially a waterwheel, for driving a mill. 1
noun millwheel A water wheel used to power a watermill. 1
noun millwheel a wheel, esp a waterwheel, that drives a mill 0

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Origin of millwheel

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English myln whele, Old English mylenhwēol. See mill1, wheel

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Parts of speech for Millwheel

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millwheel popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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