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(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.

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spindle

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spindle

IPA(Pronunciation)
/ˈspɪndəl/
Noun
(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.
Japanese Meaning
自然繊維（特に羊毛）の紡績に用いる、針状の軸とそれに付随する円形部分（重り）からなる器具。
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彼女は新しく紡いだ毛糸を紡錘に巻きつけ、休ませるために脇に置いた。

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(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.
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A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
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A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
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Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
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An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
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The fusee of a watch.
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A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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(geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
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Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
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(biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
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(coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
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(computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
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A muscle spindle.

spindles
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