🇬🇧 Pulley meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A pulley is a simple machine made of a wheel and a rope. The rope goes over the wheel, and when you pull one end of the rope, the pulley helps you lift or move heavy things more easily, using less effort than lifting them straight up with your hands.

The wizard invented a spell to float things, but still used a pulley because even magic likes good engineering.

Grandpa showed me a pulley in the garage, and I showed him how to accidentally tangle it in approximately three seconds.

At the science fair, my pulley could lift three heavy dictionaries, but sadly it could not lift my math grade.

Our tree house has a pulley for supplies, mostly comics, juice boxes, and emergency cookies.

Builders, sailors, and even ancient Egyptians used pulleys, so when you use one, you’re basically joining a 4,000-year-old heavy-lifting club.

On the loft ladder, Sara tied a rope to the heavy chest and fed it through a small pulley. The pulley creaked; she pulled, heart thumping, and the chest rose. A second pulley above joined the first pulley, making the pull easier. With one last tug the chest cleared the hatch. She laughed, relieved, and kissed the pulley in thanks.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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