Spindle vs. Spool
Spindlenoun
(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
Spindlenoun
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
Spindlenoun
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
Spindlenoun
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
Spindlenoun
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
Spindlenoun
The fusee of a watch.
Spindlenoun
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Spindlenoun
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
Spindlenoun
(geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Spindlenoun
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
Spindlenoun
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
Spindlenoun
(biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
Spindlenoun
(coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly
Spindleverb
(transitive) To make into a long tapered shape.
Spindleverb
(intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape.
Spindleverb
(transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
Spindlenoun
The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
Spindlenoun
A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
Spindlenoun
The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
Spindlenoun
The fusee of a watch.
Spindlenoun
The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
Spindlenoun
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Spindlenoun
A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
Spindlenoun
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
Spindlenoun
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Spindlenoun
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; - called also spindle stromb.
Spindleverb
To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.
Spindlenoun
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle;
Spindlenoun
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Spindlenoun
a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
Spindlenoun
a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.
Spindlenoun
a pin or rod used on a spinning wheel to twist and wind the thread.
Spindlenoun
a pin bearing the bobbin of a spinning machine.
Spindlenoun
a measure of length for yarn, equal to 15,120 yards (13,826 metres) for cotton or 14,400 yards (13,167 metres) for linen.
Spindlenoun
a turned piece of wood used as a banister or chair leg.
Spindlenoun
a pointed metal rod on a base, used for filing paper items.
Spindlenoun
a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves.
Spindlenoun
the vertical rod at the centre of a record turntable which keeps the record in place during play.
Spindlenoun
a slender mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides. At metaphase the chromosomes become attached to it by their centromeres before being pulled towards its ends.
Spindlenoun
a Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds. Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles.
Spoolnoun
A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
Spoolnoun
(computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
Spoolnoun
A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.
Spoolverb
To wind on a spool or spools.
Spoolverb
(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
Spoolnoun
A piece of cane or reed with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
Spoolverb
To wind on a spool or spools.
Spoolnoun
a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
Spoolverb
transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
Spoolverb
wind onto a spool or a reel
