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Meanings of spool in English

Portuguese
bobina
Catalan
bobina
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A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound.

        bobina
        Usage of spool in English
        1
        Now spool forward and consider what is currently going on in China.
        The Guardian
        2
        Suddenly, the thread tightened and the spool in the playroom stopped bobbing.
        The Graymouse Family
        3
        The spool was held in position by a small binding post nut.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
        4
        A brief pause while Dallas checked the cable remaining on the spool.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        5
        Bodhi hauled a spool of cable out and grimaced at the weight.
        Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
        6
        Between the middle and rear funnels, was a spool of brown thread.
        The new yorker
        7
        Look at this spool of tape, and it's only the first one.
        The Vortex Blaster
        8
        Trevin spun the roll of tickets back and forth on its spool.
        Wastelands
        9
        The Pacific Crest Trail was a spool of yarn through the boundlessness.
        The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
        10
        She did not give them a moment to spool the darkness back.
        Heir of Fire
        11
        There must be miles of the stuff to fill the large spool.
        Catching Fire
        12
        Auntie didn't answer, but just went on reeling up a spool of thread.
        Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
        13
        The thread rapidly unrolled, and the spool soon touched the ground.
        St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
        14
        This saved me, she said as she pulled at a spool of yarn.
        Reuters
        15
        The entries on the one spool went back for several years.
        Gold in the Sky
        16
        Using a spool of the killers' wire, he had shackled the man's feet.
        Seize the night
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