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Spool

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bobbinnounIn a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
reelnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.

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bobbinnounIn a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
reelnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
rollernoun(heading) Anything that rolls.
windingnoungerund of wind
coilnounSomething wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
scrollnoun(computing) The act of scrolling
rollnounThe act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
filmnoun(uncountable) A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally.
rollingnounThe act by which something is rolled.
retractornounA surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.
realnounA commodity; see realty.
reelsnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
spoolernoun(computing) A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later).
windernounA textile worker, or machine, that winds cloth.
spindlenoun(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding 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.
spool cannonnounA child's homemade toy made by attaching an elastic band to a cotton reel to form a slingshot that could shoot a pencil or other slim object through the bore of the reel.
cotton reelnounA spool, or bobbin used to keep cotton thread tidy.
spoolienoun(cosmetics, informal) A spool brush.
filaturenounThe process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
windlenounAn old English measure of corn, half a bushel.

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