spool
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3.2
- noun
- /spuːl/
:
carrete
- The seamstress picked up a new spool of thread for her latest project.
So right here is a spool eject mechanism, the pop, the spools out.
- So right here is a spool eject mechanism, the pop, the spools out.
- Also I like making big versions of small things like coat hanger, coat hanger or spool.
- And it, it's becomes like a spool of thread, you know, you just keep pulling or I become obsessed with the word.
Examples
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I got one white garbage bag, a spool of cat gut thread, 800 yards of 80 lb.
Fiction book (1996) -
All they have at their disposal are nearly limitless spools of wire.
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I got some matches... ...a spool of fishing line and some rope.
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The tapes are right in the center of the spool.
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I can't find the end of the spool right there.
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Your mom sewed your suit from this cute spool.
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When the thread runs out, she checks her sewing box for another spool of that color.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Thank you," Aunt Bess said, selecting a small metal spool of white thread.
Fiction book (1999) -
Dana turned around and let the string run off the spool until the kite was way up.
Fiction book (1998) -
On the left side, a spool of red yarn, the yarn leading behind the curtain.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
25
3.0
A round device that holds and winds fishing line
20
3.7
A length of wire or rope wound in loops
4
6.3
A small round spool that holds thread, wire, or film in machines like a sewing machine
A small coil of yarn or thread kept for later use
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Etymology
Spool comes from an old English word spol meaning 'a small roll' or 'peg' used for winding thread, so a spool is a small cylinder you wind thread, tape, or film around, like a tiny 'reel' or 'roll' that keeps things tidy.