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noun support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
verb express in speech
originFrom Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
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