⚙️gear

noun
/ɡɪə(r)/

Meaning

Equipment or apparatus for a particular purpose; also a toothed wheel in machinery.

Example Sentences

The climber packed all his gear before starting the journey.

Example Expressions

shift gears

Synonyms

equipment, apparatus, tools, kit, machinery

Antonyms

emptiness, lack, nothing

Collocations

sports gear, camping gear, gear shift, protective gear

More Example Sentences

They provided the workers with safety gear.

They supplied the workers with safety gear.

We are required to wear safety gear during the process.

Related Vocabularies

Excessive desire for wealth or possessions; greed.
a device used to receive television broadcasts
A mass departure of people from a place.
a heavy iron bar with a curved end used as a lever for prying things apart
a large group of fish swimming together; a shallow place in water
the act of coming down to the ground or a surface from the air

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