steering wheel

noun

: a handwheel by means of which one steers

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The solution is easy: don’t order the gorgeous GT car steering wheel and all will be well. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Police said after identifying Castaneda Rodriguez, it was determined his DNA was found on the Honda steering wheel airbag that had activated in the crash. Harry Harris, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025 Photo : Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC Our interior was imagined as a mix of Alcantara and semi-aniline leather in Onyx Black, complemented by a dark chrome finish on the air vents and metallic switches, and carbon fiber for the steering wheel. Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025 At the site, buildings housing car-production lines connect directly to a port area, where hundreds of rows of vehicles fitted with left-hand-drive steering wheels sit in the sun, waiting to be shipped overseas. River Akira Davis, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for steering wheel

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steering wheel was in 1750

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“Steering wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steering%20wheel. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

steering wheel

noun
: a wheel for steering something by hand

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