pulley-block

Questions about pulley-block

What is another word for pulley-block?

It depends which pulley-block you mean. In the sense “a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope”, the synonyms are pulley, pulley block, block. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of pulley-block?

WordNet records no antonym for pulley-block. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for pulley-block come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of pulley-block

• Full entry for pulley-blockAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for pulley-blockWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.