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wire rope

noun

Definition of WIRE ROPE

:  a rope formed wholly or chiefly of wires
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First Known Use of WIRE ROPE

1841

Rhymes with WIRE ROPE

aslope, boltrope, borescope, downslope, elope, fly dope, footrope, gantelope, glide slope, jump rope, manrope, myope, nightscope, North Slope, pyrope, sandsoap, skip rope, soft-soap, tightrope, towrope, upslope, white hope

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3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. wire rope
  2. locked-wire rope
  3. preformed wire rope
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