English noun: gyro | |||
1. | gyro (food) a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sandwich | ||
Part holonym | pita, pocket bread | ||
2. | gyro (artifact) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | ||
Synonyms | gyroscope | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rotating mechanism | ||
Part meronym | gyrocompass, gyrostabiliser, gyrostabilizer | ||