Ferris wheel
an amusement ride consisting of a large upright wheel rotating on a fixed stand and having seats around its rim suspended freely so that they remain right side up as they revolve.
Origin of Ferris wheel
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How to use Ferris wheel in a sentence
Or 'suddenly remembered' that in second grade you wet your pants on the Ferris wheel?
The Ferris wheel was swinging cars loaded with celebrators into the tree-tops and the whip and other thrill rides were crowded.
Helen in the Editor's Chair | Ruthe S. WheelerEiffel Tower, not the Ferris wheel, could be compared with this.
Hour of Enchantment | Roy J. SnellAfter that we came to the place where Daredevil Dennell used to go up in a balloon and just beyond there is the ferris-wheel.
Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike | Percy Keese FitzhughLike a forbidden specter the skeleton of the Ferris wheel stands out gaunt and fleshless.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair | Charles McCellan Stevens (AKA 'Quondam')
No more intense brain work was expended on the Ferris wheel than these two boys gave to the proposed elevation.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair | Charles McCellan Stevens (AKA 'Quondam')
British Dictionary definitions for Ferris wheel
/ (ˈfɛrɪs) /
a fairground wheel having seats freely suspended from its rim; the seats remain horizontal throughout its rotation
Origin of Ferris wheel
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