Associations to the word «Sprocket»

Wiktionary

SPROCKET, noun. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
SPROCKET, noun. (usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
SPROCKET, noun. (architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
SPROCKET, noun. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

Dictionary definition

SPROCKET, noun. Roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through.
SPROCKET, noun. Thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain.
SPROCKET, noun. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.

Wise words

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Ernest Hemingway