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bobbin

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bob·bin  (bbn)
n.
1. A spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.
2. Narrow braid formerly used as trimming.

[French bobine.]

bobbin [ˈbɒbɪn]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a spool or reel on which thread or yarn is wound, being unwound as required; spool; reel
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) narrow braid or cord used as binding or for trimming
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a device consisting of a short bar and a length of string, used to control a wooden door latch
4. (Physics / General Physics)
a.  a spool on which insulated wire is wound to form the coil of a small electromagnetic device, such as a bell or buzzer
b.  the coil of such a spool
5. (plural) Brit slang matter that is worthless or of inferior quality; rubbish
[from Old French bobine, of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bobbinbobbin - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
filature - a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
shuttle - bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
winder - mechanical device around which something can be wound
Translations
bobbin [ˈbɒbɪn] N (Tech) → carrete m, bobina f (Sew) [of cotton] → canilla f

bobbin [ˈbɒbɪn] nbobine f

bobbin
nSpule f; (= cotton reel)Rolle f

bobbin [ˈbɒbɪn] nspoletta, bobina; (of sewing machine) → rocchetto
bobbin [ˈbɒbɪn] nspoletta, bobina; (of sewing machine) → rocchetto

bobbin
n bobbin [ˈbobin]
a (usually wooden) reel or spool for winding thread etc There's no thread left on the bobbin. spoel بَكَرَةِ الخيطان، كَبْكوبَه макара cívka, špulka trisse; garnspole die Spule μασούρι bobina, carrete, canilla pool قرقره kela bobine סְלִיל सिलाई मशीन की फिरकी špula orsó kumparan þráðarkefli, spóla bobina 糸巻き 얼레, 보빈 špūlė spole gelendong spoel (garn-/undertråd)spole szpula carro de linhas bobină катушка cievka motek kalem spole, rulle, bobin กระสวยด้าย bobin, masura 線軸 котушка; шпулька پھرکی ، چرخی ، رِیل ống chỉ


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Now and then one of the children would pause, as the recovered thread became inconveniently long, wind it on a bobbin, and start again with another short end.
'Good wares, fine wares,' said she; 'laces and bobbins of all colours.
Our good child ransacked all her drawers, cupboards, reticules, and gimcrack boxes--passed in review all her gowns, fichus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and fallals-- selecting this thing and that and the other, to make a little heap for Rebecca.
 
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