noun Download 🔗Share (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural 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. Examples : "The museum exhibit showed a woman using a spindle to twist wool fibers into yarn. " technology utensil machine industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rod which turns, or on which something turns. Examples : "the spindle of a vane" machine part technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool. Examples : "The woodworker carefully adjusted the speed of the drill's spindle to prevent burning the delicate wood. " machine technical part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool. Examples : "My grandmother remembers her mother growing spindle in the garden not for its pretty leaves, but to harvest the wood for making tools used in spinning yarn. " plant material machine biology nature industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering. Examples : "The busy waitress quickly added the order slip to the spindle on the kitchen counter. " stationery item writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The fusee of a watch. Examples : "The watchmaker carefully cleaned the spindle, a critical component connecting the fusee to the movement of the antique pocket watch. " technology machine device time technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. Examples : "The thin, central part of the flower, the spindle, held the delicate petals together. " part material structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. Examples : "The textile factory produces several spindle of cotton yarn each day, totaling over 15,000 yards per spindle. " material unit number technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. Examples : "The woodworker used a lathe to shape the baseball bat, creating a smooth spindle as the wood revolved around its axis. " math figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb. Examples : "The collector carefully placed the delicate spindle next to the other rare seashells in her display. " animal nautical biology ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus. Examples : "The shell collector carefully identified the elongated, pointy shell as a spindle, noting its resemblance to the obsolete Fusus genus. " animal ocean biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis Examples : "During cell division in science class, we learned that the spindle is crucial for separating chromosomes correctly. " biology anatomy physiology structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers. Examples : "While visiting the Jersey shore near where New Sweden settlers once lived, my grandfather pointed to a dragonfly and called it a "spindle." " language insect biology nature word place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make into a long tapered shape. Examples : "The artist used a special tool to spindle the clay into a long, elegant neck for the vase. " technical machine process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take on a long tapered shape. Examples : "The carrot began to spindle as it sat in the refrigerator for too long. " appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To impale on a device for holding paper documents. Examples : "Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document." stationery item utensil device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading