spool

[ spool ]

/ spul /

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noun

any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.

a small cylindrical piece of wood or other material on which yarn is wound in spinning, for use in weaving; a bobbin.

a small cylinder of wood or other material on which thread, wire, or tape is wound, typically expanded or with a rim at each end and having a hole lengthwise through the center.

the material or quantity of material wound on such a device.

Angling. the cylindrical drum in a reel that bears the line.

verb (used with object)

to wind on a spool.

to unwind from a spool (usually followed by off or out).

Computers. to operate (an input/output device) by using buffers in main and secondary storage.

verb (used without object)

to wind.

to unwind.

Origin of spool

1275–1325; Middle English spole<Middle Dutch spoele or Middle Low German spōle; cognate with German Spule

OTHER WORDS FROM spool

spooler, nounspoollike, adjectiveun·spool, verb (used with object)

Words nearby spool

spoof, spoofery, spoofing, spook, spooky, spool, spoom, spoon, spoon back, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish

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Example sentences from the Web for spool

There he lies in fetal position, reeling from thoughts of the atrocities he has committed, which spool endlessly in his mind.
Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth” |Liesl Schillinger|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quickly he passed the spool around it and made a knot, then he pushed the spool itself into the mud and turned.
The Flying Stingaree|Harold Leland Goodwin
This spool of cotton is short fifty yards: mark it two hundred.
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
The scissors fell from her lap, and her spool trundled off across the porch.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

The big car purred again joyously, and the roadway slipped behind like a ribbon running over a spool.
The Girls of Central High at Basketball|Gertrude W. Morrison
The spool fits fairly tight upon the end of the core, and when in position rests against an annular shoulder in the recess.
Electricity for Boys|J. S. Zerbe

British Dictionary definitions for spool

spool

/ (spuːl) /

noun

a device around which magnetic tape, film, cotton, etc, can be automatically wound, with plates at top and bottom to prevent it from slipping off

anything round which other materials, esp thread, are wound

verb

(sometimes foll by up) to wind or be wound onto a spool or reel

Word Origin for spool

C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spuolo, Middle Dutch spoele

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for spool

spool

[ spōōl ]

To store data that is sent to a device, such as a printer, in a buffer that the device reads. This procedure allows the program that sent the data to the device to resume its normal operation without waiting for the device to process the data.

单词	spool
释义	spool [ spool ] / spul / SEE SYNONYMS FOR spool ON THESAURUS.COM noun any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound. a small cylindrical piece of wood or other material on which yarn is wound in spinning, for use in weaving; a bobbin. a small cylinder of wood or other material on which thread, wire, or tape is wound, typically expanded or with a rim at each end and having a hole lengthwise through the center. the material or quantity of material wound on such a device. Angling. the cylindrical drum in a reel that bears the line. verb (used with object) to wind on a spool. to unwind from a spool (usually followed by off or out). Computers. to operate (an input/output device) by using buffers in main and secondary storage. verb (used without object) to wind. to unwind. Origin of spool 1275–1325; Middle English spole<Middle Dutch spoele or Middle Low German spōle; cognate with German Spule OTHER WORDS FROM spool spooler, nounspoollike, adjectiveun·spool, verb (used with object) Words nearby spool spoof, spoofery, spoofing, spook, spooky, spool, spoom, spoon, spoon back, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spool There he lies in fetal position, reeling from thoughts of the atrocities he has committed, which spool endlessly in his mind. Madbeth: Alan Cumming Plays Almost Every Role in “Macbeth” \|Liesl Schillinger\|April 23, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Quickly he passed the spool around it and made a knot, then he pushed the spool itself into the mud and turned. The Flying Stingaree\|Harold Leland Goodwin This spool of cotton is short fifty yards: mark it two hundred. The College, the Market, and the Court\|Caroline H. Dall The scissors fell from her lap, and her spool trundled off across the porch. The Bondboy\|George W. (George Washington) Ogden The big car purred again joyously, and the roadway slipped behind like a ribbon running over a spool. The Girls of Central High at Basketball\|Gertrude W. Morrison The spool fits fairly tight upon the end of the core, and when in position rests against an annular shoulder in the recess. Electricity for Boys\|J. S. Zerbe British Dictionary definitions for spool spool / (spuːl) / noun a device around which magnetic tape, film, cotton, etc, can be automatically wound, with plates at top and bottom to prevent it from slipping off anything round which other materials, esp thread, are wound verb (sometimes foll by up) to wind or be wound onto a spool or reel Word Origin for spool C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spuolo, Middle Dutch spoele Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to spool cylinder, spindle, bobbin Scientific definitions for spool spool [ spōōl ] To store data that is sent to a device, such as a printer, in a buffer that the device reads. This procedure allows the program that sent the data to the device to resume its normal operation without waiting for the device to process the data. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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spool

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of spool

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British Dictionary definitions for spool

noun

verb

Word Origin for spool

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Scientific definitions for spool