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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope;
[syn: pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pulley-block
    n 1: a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in
         which a rope can run to change the direction or point of
         application of a force applied to the rope [syn: pulley,
         pulley-block, pulley block, block]