Usually means: Large, rotating, vertical amusement ride.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word ferris wheel:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ferris wheel: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ferris wheel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Ferris wheel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Ferris wheel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Ferris wheel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ferris wheel: Wordnik
  7. Ferris wheel, ferris wheel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Ferris wheel: Wiktionary
  9. Ferris wheel: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Ferris wheel, ferris wheel: Dictionary.com
  11. Ferris wheel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Ferris Wheel, Ferris wheel (disambiguation), Ferris wheel, The Ferris Wheel (band), The Ferris Wheel (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ferris wheel: Rhymezone
  14. Ferris Wheel: American-Britih Dictionary
  15. ferris wheel: FreeDictionary.org
  16. ferris wheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Ferris wheel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. ferris wheel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  19. Ferris wheel: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ferris wheel: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ferris Wheel, the ferris wheel: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ferris wheel)

▸ noun:  An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.

Similar:
observation wheel, flat ride, devil's wheel, merry-go-round, swing ride, big wheel, waltzer, carousel, joy wheel, human roulette wheel, more...

Opposite:
roller coaster, thrill ride, drop tower

Types:
big wheel, observation wheel, carnival wheel, fair wheel, more...

Phrases:
Ferris Wheel on Fire, ferris wheel setting, ferris wheel seat, more...

Adjectives:
wheely, wheelie, wheeled, rotal, axled, cushioned, antisway, rollaway, wet, ramped, corkscrew


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Similar:
observation wheel, flat ride, devil's wheel, merry-go-round, swing ride, big wheel, waltzer, carousel, joy wheel, human roulette wheel, more...

Opposite:
roller coaster, thrill ride, drop tower

Types:
big wheel, observation wheel, carnival wheel, fair wheel, more...

Phrases:
Ferris Wheel on Fire, ferris wheel setting, ferris wheel seat, more...

Adjectives:
wheely, wheelie, wheeled, rotal, axled, cushioned, antisway, rollaway, wet, ramped, corkscrew



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