sprocket
/ˈspɹɒkɪt/ noun C2- 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. · Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.
Plural sprockets
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