spoke

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
  2. noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
  3. verb express in speech

Etymology

From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.

In classic literature

Synonyms

wheel spoke, radius

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