spool
To wind on a spool or spoolsTo wind on a spool or spools.
» I bought three spools of black thread and one spool of white.
Ich habe drei Rollen schwarzen Zwirn und eine Rolle weißen gekauft. — Yorwba
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2 sensesTo wind on a spool or spools.
wind onto a spool or a reel
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).
Examples
4 sentencesI bought three spools of black thread and one spool of white.
deIch habe drei Rollen schwarzen Zwirn und eine Rolle weißen gekauft. — Yorwba
The cat unraveled the spool of thread.
deDie Katze wickelte das Garn von der Rolle. — Yorwba
Please give me a spool of white thread.
ruПожалуйста, дайте мне катушку белых ниток. — sharptoothed
deBitte gib mir eine Spule weißen Zwirn. — Manfredo
A new spool of filament has been delivered.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle DuFrom 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”).
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Forms
spools, spooling, spooled, spooledPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle