sprocket

Plural: sprockets

Noun

• A toothed wheel that engages with the links of a chain.
• roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
• thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
• tooth on the rim of gear wheel
• A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
• The tooth of such a wheel.
• A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
• A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

Examples

• Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.
• The ’S’ on SPROCKET connected perfectly, like a gear, for a triple letter score.

Synonyms

cog, sprocket wheel, widget