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Word: Pulley
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French polie, probably from a medieval Greek diminutive of polos ‘pivot, axis’
ˈpʊli
a wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is used to raise heavy weights.
Short Definition:wheel with grooved rim around which cord passes, which acts to change direction of force applied to cord
Word: Pulley
Speech Type: Verb
ˈpʊli
hoist with a pulley
Short Definition:hoist with pulley
Examples:- the tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches
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