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 display showed how wool was spun using hand-held spindles, twisting the fibers into thread. " technology utensil machine work industry agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rod which turns, or on which something turns. Examples : "the spindle of a vane" part machine 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 spindles on the lathe to carve the table legs. " 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 grows spindles in her garden, hoping to revive the old craft of hand-spinning wool. " plant material agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering. Examples : "The busy office assistant used spindles to keep the completed order forms organized on her desk. " stationery item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The fusee of a watch. Examples : "The watchmaker carefully polished the spindles inside the antique pocket watch. " technology machine time device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. Examples : "The thin, bare branches of the winter tree looked like delicate spindles reaching towards the sky. " part 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 factory ordered five spindles of cotton yarn, which equals 75,600 yards of material for making fabric. " unit amount material business industry agriculture technical economy 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 shaped the table legs into elegant spindles using a lathe. " math science figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb. Examples : "The beachcomber carefully added the delicate spindles, with their elongated shapes, to her collection of seashells. " animal nautical ocean biology 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 collector displayed several spindles in her aquarium, each with a gracefully elongated, fusiform shell. " animal organism nautical ocean biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis Examples : "During cell division, the spindles ensure that each new cell receives the correct number of chromosomes. " biology anatomy structure organism physiology 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 hiking near the New Jersey coast, my grandfather, who grew up there, pointed out a dragonfly and called it a "spindle," explaining it was an old name used in the area. " insect language biology word animal nature linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading