sled
Meaning
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- A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)
- A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)
- (slang) A snowmobile.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/slɛd/
Etymology
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From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.
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