Meaning

5 senses
  1. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

    Spule

    кату́шкаkatúška, шпу́лькаšpúlʹka, боби́наbobína

    коту́шкаkotúška, шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

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

  2. One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages.

  3. A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

  4. (West, Yorkshire)A splinter caught in the skin.

  5. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I bought three spools of black thread and one spool of white.

    deIch habe drei Rollen schwarzen Zwirn und eine Rolle weißen gekauft. — Yorwba

  2. The cat unraveled the spool of thread.

    deDie Katze wickelte das Garn von der Rolle. — Yorwba

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  3. Please give me a spool of white thread.

    ruПожалуйста, дайте мне катушку белых ниток. — sharptoothed

    deBitte gib mir eine Spule weißen Zwirn. — Manfredo

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  4. A new spool of filament has been delivered.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
spindle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spindle:

Origin

From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Du

From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”).

From blend of spa + pool.

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Forms

plural: spools
Singularspool
Pluralspools

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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