steering wheel

noun

: a handwheel by means of which one steers

Examples of steering wheel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These require new software for their driver monitoring system, which currently only uses a torque sensor on the steering wheel to determine if the driver is holding the wheel and remaining engaged in the task of driving. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

Wednesday’s ride went smoothly, or as smoothly as anyone’s first time sitting in the back seat of a vehicle watching a steering wheel toggle itself back and forth. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel. — New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Most rides are 1-2 people and the 2 person rides will probably be in the back, but that may change when the steering wheel is removed. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for steering wheel

• bookmobile
• cochineal
• nonideal
• peroneal
• philomel
• snowmobile
• waterwheel
• abele
• alkyl
• anneal
• appeal
• cartwheel

Kids Definition

steering wheel

noun

: a wheel for steering something by hand