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Word entry · 3 letters

cam

Best crossword clue

"Rotating machine part"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæm/Part of speech nounSorted acmStarts with CEnds with M1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

Word origin

Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.

Used in a sentence

  • Cum doun t' cam' soid
  • Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.

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