idler pulley

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsidle pulleyidle wheel

   Broaderpulley

Questions about idler pulley

What does idler pulley mean?

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

What is another word for idler pulley?

Close synonyms include idle 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 idler pulley a common word?

idler 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.