Usually means: Device that propels watercraft forward.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word paddle wheel:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. paddle wheel: Merriam-Webster
  2. paddle wheel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paddle wheel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paddle wheel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paddle wheel: Vocabulary.com
  6. paddle-wheel, paddle wheel: Wordnik
  7. paddle wheel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. paddle wheel: Wiktionary
  9. paddle wheel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. paddle wheel: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Paddle wheel, paddle-wheel, paddle wheel: Dictionary.com
  12. Paddle wheel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. paddle wheel: Rhymezone
  14. paddle wheel: FreeDictionary.org
  15. paddle wheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. paddle-wheel, paddle wheel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paddle-wheel, paddle wheel: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paddle wheel)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A large wheel, fitted with paddles, used to propel a vessel (especially a paddle steamer)

Similar:
paddlewheel, paddle steamer, paddle, paddlewheeler, paddle wheeler, sternwheel, sternwheeler, sidewheeler, sidewheel, stern-wheeler, more...

Types:
water wheel, overshot wheel, undershot wheel, breastshot wheel, pitchback wheel, turbine, more...

Phrases:
rolling circle of a paddle wheel, more...

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Similar:
paddlewheel, paddle steamer, paddle, paddlewheeler, paddle wheeler, sternwheel, sternwheeler, sidewheeler, sidewheel, stern-wheeler, more...

Types:
water wheel, overshot wheel, undershot wheel, breastshot wheel, pitchback wheel, turbine, more...

Phrases:
rolling circle of a paddle wheel, more...



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