Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paddle_wheel

1 sense of paddle wheel

Sense 1
paddlewheel, paddle wheel -- (a large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat)
       => wheel -- (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))