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Spindle

🔄 Synonyms of "Spindle"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
arbornoun	A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
mandrelnoun	A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
mandrilnoun	Alternative spelling of mandrel. [A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Spindle"

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Word	Definition
mandrelnoun	A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
arbornoun	A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
mandrilnoun	Alternative spelling of mandrel. [A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.]
broochnoun	A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
pinnoun	A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
lynchpinnoun	Alternative form of linchpin. [A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.]
axlenoun	The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
rodnoun	A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
tailstocknoun	The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis.
centrepiecenoun	An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.
drillnoun	A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
shaftnoun	The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
linchpinnoun	(figuratively) A central cohesive source of stability and security; a person or thing that is critical to a system or organisation.
countershaftnoun	Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”).
columnnoun	A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
swivelnoun	The act of swivelling.
spitnoun	A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
rotationnoun	(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
nacellenoun	(aviation) A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.
speednoun	The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.