Word Meaning

Meaning of cam

- A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
- A ridge or mound of earth.
- Crooked.

Crossword clue for cam

- Engine part seen in earliest cars and motorcycles
- Rotating part
- The odd charms of a wheel-shaft projection
- Wheel-shaft projection
- When buzzer went, became projection that rotates