cogwheel
/ˈkɒɡwiːl/noun
उच्चारण कॉग्वील
दाँतेदार पहिया, गरारी, कॉगव्हील
Core word
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a wheel with a series of teeth on its edge that fit into the teeth of another wheel, so that one wheel turns the other in a machine
दाँतेदार पहिया, गरारी, कॉगव्हील
- The cogwheels inside the old clock had rusted.
- He felt like just a small cogwheel in a huge machine.
- A cogwheel turns the main shaft in the machine.
+ 2 more examples
- The watchmaker cleaned each tiny cogwheel carefully.
- The model uses plastic cogwheels to move the arm.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cogwheel (countable noun)
A cogwheel is a wheel with teeth around its edge that fit into another wheel. It is one word, plural cogwheels.
'Cogwheel' किनारे पर दाँतों वाला पहिया है जो दूसरे पहिये के दाँतों में फँसता है। बहुवचन 'cogwheels' है।
- The cogwheel turned the second wheel.
- Old clocks have many small cogwheels.
cogwheel vs. gear
Cogwheel is a plain description; gear is the technical word, especially when wheels are used to change speed.
'Cogwheel' सीधा वर्णन है; 'gear' तकनीकी शब्द है, विशेषतः जब पहियों का प्रयोग गति बदलने के लिए हो।
- A bicycle uses cogwheels as gears to change speed.
cogwheel + noun
Cogwheel can act as an adjective: cogwheel railway, cogwheel mechanism.
'Cogwheel' विशेषण की तरह आता है: cogwheel railway, cogwheel mechanism।
- A cogwheel railway climbs the Nilgiri hills.
engage / mesh with a cogwheel
Cogwheels engage or mesh with each other; the verb takes with.
Cogwheels आपस में engage या mesh होते हैं; क्रिया के साथ 'with' आता है।
- The small cogwheel meshes with the larger one.
cogwheel (figurative)
The word is sometimes used for a small but necessary part of a bigger system, like cog.
यह शब्द कभी-कभी बड़ी व्यवस्था के छोटे पर आवश्यक हिस्से के लिए भी आता है, जैसे cog।
- Every clerk is a cogwheel in the administration.
+Collocations 5
adjective + cogwheel
steelbrasslargetinywornrusty
- A tiny brass cogwheel fell inside the watch.
verb + cogwheel
turnfitreplacedrivelockengage
- The motor drives a large cogwheel.
cogwheel + noun
railwaysystemmechanismteethaxle
- The Nilgiri Mountain Railway uses a cogwheel system on steep slopes.
cogwheels in + machine
in a clockin a millin a gearboxin a toy
- Cogwheels in the mill turned the grinding stone.
cogwheel + preposition
a cogwheel on the axlea cogwheel of steela cogwheel in the enginea cogwheel on the shaft
- A cogwheel on the axle drives the belt.
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- A cogwheel on the rack railway grips the middle rail of the track.
रैक रेलवे का cogwheel पटरी की बीच वाली पटरी को पकड़ता है।
- Rohan took apart an old clock and counted twelve cogwheels.
रोहन ने एक पुरानी घड़ी खोलकर बारह cogwheels गिने।
- Without oil, the cogwheel begins to grind and wear out.
तेल के बिना cogwheel घिसने और खराब होने लगता है।
- The science model showed how one cogwheel moves another.
विज्ञान के मॉडल ने दिखाया कि एक cogwheel दूसरे को कैसे घुमाता है।
- The old flour mill was driven by a huge wooden cogwheel.
पुरानी आटा चक्की एक विशाल लकड़ी के cogwheel से चलती थी।
- The clock stopped because dust had jammed a cogwheel.
धूल से एक cogwheel जाम हो जाने के कारण घड़ी रुक गई।
- Radhika built a toy clock using cardboard cogwheels.
राधिका ने गत्ते के cogwheels से खिलौना घड़ी बनाई।
- Teeth on the cogwheel must match the teeth of its partner.
Cogwheel के दाँत उसके साथी के दाँतों से मेल खाने चाहिए।
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
A cog in the machine means a person who has a small and unimportant part in a large organization.
A cog in the machine का अर्थ है वह व्यक्ति जिसकी किसी बड़े संगठन में छोटी और मामूली भूमिका हो।