pedal
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
Example
“There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.”
Other meanings
an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
Synonyms
- treadle
- foot pedal
- foot lever
A kind of
- lever
Kinds of pedal
- accelerator
- brake pedal
- clutch
- soft pedal
- loud pedal
Related words
- ambipedal
- carpopedal
- cerebropedal
- equipedal
- footpedal
- hexapedal
- hydropedal
- interpedal
- intrapedal
- lateropedal
- monopedal
- multipedal
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pedal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.