idle pulley

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   a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it

   Synonymsidler pulleyidle wheel

   Broaderpulley

Questions about idle pulley

What does idle pulley mean?

idle pulley means "a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it".

What is another word for idle pulley?

Close synonyms include idler pulley, idle wheel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is idle pulley a common word?

idle pulley is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.