hand crank

collocation in English

meaningsofhandandcrank

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hand
noun
uk
/hænd/us
/hænd/
the part of the body at the end of the arm that is used for holding, moving, touching, and ...
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crank
noun
uk
/kræŋk/us
/kræŋk/
informal
a person who has strange or unusual ideas ...
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(Definition ofhandandcrankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The main antenna consisted of two lead weighted 120-meter-long wires deployed by electric motor orhandcrank.
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A pin on thehandcrankengages these holes.
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The engine was started up by ahandcrankand helped by the use of a decompressor.
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The undercarriage, which was operated by use of ahandcrank, retracted inwards.
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Before electricity, the operator used ahandcrankto move the machine along the rails and over the fabric.
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It had ahandcrankto make it go.
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It is a type ofhandcrankdrill that consists of two parts as seen in the picture.
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Power windows have become so common that by 2008, some automakers eliminatedhandcrankwindows from all their models.
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The most common styles of hose reels are spring driven (which is self retracting),handcrank, or motor driven.
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The operator used a bicycle-type drive to rotate the antenna, and the elevation could be changed using ahandcrank.
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Corn shellers can be powered by ahandcrank, a tractor, a stationary engine, or by an electric motor.
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A manual indexing head includes ahandcrank.
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In other words, 1 turn of thehandcrankrotates the spindle by 9 degrees.
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Most dividing heads operate at a 40:1 ratio; that is 40 turns of thehandcrankgenerates 1 revolution of the spindle or workpiece.
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It is operated by ahandcrankand rotates multiple barrels.
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On hand carried units, ahandcrankspins gears to turn the disk.
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In its simplest form it consists of a spool and attachedhandcrank.
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The toy had two functionalhandcrankhoists, accurate rigging, a stamped steel open lattice boom and a working clamshell bucket used for excavating.
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