side-wheel C2+ Topic:Transportation US /ˈsaɪdˌwiːl/ UK /ˈsaɪdwiːl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj nautical: having a paddle wheel on each side of the hull From a distance Huck could not tell whether the steamboat was stern-wheel or side-wheel. 2 noun a paddle wheel mounted on the side of a steam vessel, or a side-wheel steamer by ellipsis The riverboat's side-wheels churned the brown water into foam. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · nautical: having a paddle... side-paddle 2 noun · a paddle wheel mounted on... side paddlepaddle wheel ↔ Opposites stern-wheel Word family Derived forms side-wheeler Related forms paddle steamerstern-wheel Etymology A compound of side + wheel. Side-wheel steamers carry paddle wheels on both sides of the hull, unlike stern-wheel vessels with one broad wheel at the rear. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # side-wheel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsaɪdˌwiːl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsaɪdwiːl/ ## Meanings 1. nautical: having a paddle wheel on each side of the hull 2. a paddle wheel mounted on the side of a steam vessel, or a side-wheel steamer by ellipsis ## Examples - From a distance Huck could not tell whether the steamboat was stern-wheel or side-wheel. - The riverboat's side-wheels churned the brown water into foam. ## Synonyms - side-paddle - side paddle - paddle wheel ## Antonyms - stern-wheel ## Derived Forms - side-wheeler ## Related Forms - paddle steamer - stern-wheel ## Etymology A compound of side + wheel. Side-wheel steamers carry paddle wheels on both sides of the hull, unlike stern-wheel vessels with one broad wheel at the rear. ## Topics - Transportation markdown