side-wheeler

1. 1.

   a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side

   Broaderpaddle steamer

Questions about side-wheeler

What does side-wheeler mean?

side-wheeler means "a paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side".

How many syllables are in side-wheeler?

side-wheeler has 4 syllables and divides as si-de--whee-ler under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is side-wheeler a common word?

side-wheeler 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.