pulley

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymspulley-blockpulley blockblock

   Broadermachine

   Narrowerbollockfairleadidle pulley

   Part ofblock and tackle

Other forms of pulley

plural

pulleys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pulley

What does pulley mean?

pulley means "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".

How many syllables are in pulley?

pulley has 2 syllables: pul-ley. The stress falls on "pul". In IPA it is /ˈpʊli/.

What is another word for pulley?

Close synonyms include pulley-block, pulley block, block. 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 pulley a common word?

pulley is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.