Meaning & use
bicycle
A two-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedaling and steered with handlebars.
See it in a sentence
She rode her bicycle to work every morning to avoid traffic.
He taught his daughter to ride a bicycle without training wheels last summer.
A note on using this word
Bicycle is the formal term; 'bike' is the common, informal shortening used in everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
bike
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