Usually means: Wheel with paddles moves water.
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  1. paddlewheel: Vocabulary.com
  2. Paddlewheel, paddlewheel: Wordnik
  3. paddlewheel: Wiktionary
  4. paddlewheel: Dictionary.com
  5. Paddlewheel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. paddlewheel: Rhymezone
  7. paddlewheel: FreeDictionary.org
  8. paddlewheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. paddlewheel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paddlewheel: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paddlewheel)

▸ noun:  A large wheel fitted with thick slats, turned by an engine and used to propel a boat.
▸ noun:  A boat propelled by a paddlewheel.

Similar:
paddle wheel, paddle, paddlewheeler, paddle wheeler, paddle steamer, water wheel, wheelhouse, sidewheeler, pitwheel, sternwheel, more...

Opposite:
fixed propeller, jet propulsion, sail power

Types:
overshot, undershot, breastshot, sidestroke, turbine, more...

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Similar:
paddle wheel, paddle, paddlewheeler, paddle wheeler, paddle steamer, water wheel, wheelhouse, sidewheeler, pitwheel, sternwheel, more...

Opposite:
fixed propeller, jet propulsion, sail power

Types:
overshot, undershot, breastshot, sidestroke, turbine, more...



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