Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheel well

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: wheel well
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The section of a car or truck under the fender, where the wheel has space to rotate.

noun

The areas in an airplane's fuselage for the landing gear to retract into.

Inflected Forms

wheel wells (plural) wheelwell (alternative)

Questions

What does wheel well mean?: The section of a car or truck under the fender, where the wheel has space to rotate.

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