pulley
One of the simple machines
Other meanings
Annular ligament of the finger.
Synonyms
- block
A kind of
- machine
Kinds of pulley
- idle pulley
Related words
- micropulley
- pulleyless
- pulleylike
- motor pulley
- mule pulley
- pulley shell
- rubbish pulley
- speed pulley
- pulley block
- pulley bone
Word history
From Ancient Greek "πολίδιον" (little pivot).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pulley” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; 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.