wheel shop
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A workshop where wheels of locomotives and other railway vehicles are maintained.
Example Sentences
- "In the wheel shop a wheel-welding machine, the first of its kind on British Railways when it was installed in 1955, uses a "Lincoln" submerged arc welding head to build up the diameter of old wheel centres (from the 1880 to 1910 era). [p162] Eastleigh Locomotive Works: Layout and functions of shops [...] Wheel Shop: Preparation and assembly of wheel and axle sets."