axle
part of speech
noun (axle, axles)
meaning for a pupil
An axle is a rod or bar that goes through the centre of a wheel, or joins two wheels, so the wheels can turn. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Kings it means the rod on which the wheels of the Temple's bronze stands turned. Interpretation: These were part of the carts that held the basins in Solomon's Temple. Tradition reads them as showing the great care and skill put into the Temple. In the primary lessons: In science and technology lessons, pupils learn about wheels and axles as a simple machine that makes moving loads easier; they build model cars with straws as axles. Bikes, cars, trains, carts and skateboards have axles. Phrases: wheel and axle, front axle, back axle.
examples
- And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass; and the four feet thereof had undersetters; beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each. (Prophets 1KI.7.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wheels of the toy car turn on a thin metal axle. tree →
- A wheel and axle is a simple machine. tree →
- We used a straw and a skewer to make an axle. tree →
- The cart broke because its wooden axle snapped. tree →
- A car has a front axle and a rear axle. tree →
- Oil the axle so the wheels turn smoothly. tree →
note
Countable: axles. Homophone trap: «axle» sounds like «axel», a jump in figure skating. Do not confuse with «axis», an imaginary line something spins around (like the Earth's axis).
In the corpora
- The lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley and the ramp are simple machines.
- A wheel and axle turns a small force on a big wheel into a stronger turn on the thin axle.
- Ball bearings, tiny steel balls inside a wheel's hub, let the wheel turn on its axle with very little friction.
- Ball bearings help a wheel turn smoothly on its axle.
Trees and pragmatics
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