Meaning

4 senses
  1. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

    Spule, Rolle

    кату́шкаkatúška, боби́наbobína, шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

    коту́шкаkotúška, боби́наbobýna, шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

  2. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

    Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.

    Spule

    шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

    шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

  3. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.

  4. A fine cord or narrow braid.

More definitions
  • a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up.

    Потягни за мотузочку - двері й відчиняться.

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  2. Ziri had to wind another bobbin.

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  3. Ziri ran out of bobbin thread.

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  4. The bobbin thread ran out.

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  5. Before starting to embroider, I wind the thread onto cardboard bobbins to make it easier to access.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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spool around which wire or thread is coiled:
Русский
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spool around which wire or thread is coiled:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spool around which wire or thread is coiled:

Origin

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

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Forms

plural: bobbins
Singularbobbin
Pluralbobbins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound:spoolreel

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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