trike
noun (a trike, trikes)
Everyday
- (informal) A tricycle: a cycle with three wheels, often for small children. tree →
- (informal) A motorbike with three wheels. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life, toddlers ride trikes. In maths wheel-counting problems: a trike has 3 wheels. Phrases: ride a trike.
Examples
- My little sister rides a red trike. tree →
- A trike has three wheels. tree →
- There are 4 trikes in the shed: how many wheels? Twelve. tree →
- He pedalled his trike round the garden. tree →
- Grandad rode a motor trike to the beach. tree →
- The trikes and bikes are parked by the gate. tree →
Note
Short for tricycle. Tri- means three. Wheel counting: unicycle 1, bike 2, trike 3. Countable: a trike, trikes.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «trike» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «trike» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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