spoke

Meanings

Plural: spokes

Noun

• support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
• one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
• A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
• A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
• A rung of a ladder.
• A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
• One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

Verb

• express in speech
• exchange thoughts; talk with
• use language
• give a speech to
• make a characteristic or natural sound
  • "The drums spoke"
• To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.
• simple past of speak
• past participle of speak

Synonyms

address, mouth, radius, rundle, rung, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, wheel spoke