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How to pronounce “pulley”
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Pronunciation guide for pulley
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pulley with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Turning trash into toys for learning
This is a large pulley made by sandwiching rubber between two old CDs.
- Definition summary
- (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
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How to pronounce pulley
Turning trash into toys for learning
This is a large pulley made by sandwiching rubber between two old CDs.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pulley”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
- Annular ligament of the finger.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.
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