spool

spool

 (spo͞ol)

n.

1.

a. A cylinder of wood, plastic, cardboard, or other material on which wire, thread, or string is wound.

b. The amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder.

c. Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function.

2. A reel for magnetic tape.

tr. & intr.v. spooled, spool·ing, spools

1. To wind or be wound on or off a spool.

2. To store (data sent to a printer) in a buffer, allowing the program that sent the data to the printer to resume its normal operation.

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[Middle English spole, from Old North French espole and from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spoele (Old North French, from Middle Dutch).]

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spool

(spuːl)

n

1. (Electronics) a device around which magnetic tape, film, cotton, etc, can be automatically wound, with plates at top and bottom to prevent it from slipping off

2. anything round which other materials, esp thread, are wound

vb

(sometimes foll by up) to wind or be wound onto a spool or reel

[C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spuolo, Middle Dutch spoele]

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spool

(spul)

n.

1. a cylindrical object or device on which something is wound, typically having a rim at each end and a hole for a spindle running lengthwise through the center.

2. the material or quantity of material wound on such a device.

3. a bobbin or reel.

4. the cylindrical drum in a fishing reel that bears the line.

v.t.

5. to wind on a spool.

6. to unwind from a spool (usu. fol. by off or out).

v.i.

7. to wind.

8. to unwind.

[1275–1325; Middle English spole < Middle Dutch spoele or Middle Low German spōle]

spool′er, n.

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spool

Past participle: spooled
Gerund: spooling

Imperative

spool

spool

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spool - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound bobbin, reel 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
Verb	1.	spool - transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	2.	spool - wind onto a spool or a reel twine, wrap, wind, roll - arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" cheese - wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"

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Translations

بَكَرَهمِكَب خيطان

cívka

spoletrisse

Spule

καρούλιπηνίο

carrete

bobinecanette

spólaspóla, kefli

rocchettospoolingabbindolareavvolgere su rocchettobobina

kaseterullītisspole

bobijn

carretel

бобинакатушкамотокшпулька

motek

bobinmakara

卷轴线轴

spool

[spuːl] N (Phot) (for thread) → carrete m; (for film etc) → bobina f; (on fishing line) → cucharilla f; (on sewing machine) → canilla f

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spool

[ˈspuːl] n → bobine f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spool

n (Phot, on sewing machine) → Spule f; (on fishing line) → Rolle f; (for thread) → (Garn)rolle f; (of thread) → Rolle f

vt (Comput) file → spulen; to spool a print job → einen Druckauftrag in die Warteschlange stellen

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spool

[spuːl] n (Phot) (on sewing machine, on fishing line) → bobina; (spool of thread) → rocchetto di filo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spool

(spuːl) noun

1. a type of cylindrical holder. How can I wind this film back on to its spool? spoel بَكَرَه ролка bobina cívka die Spule trisse; spole καρούλι, μπομπίνα carrete rull, pool قرقره؛ حلقه rulla bobineגליל फिरकी špula, kalem orsó gulungan spóla, kefli bobina 糸巻き 감는 틀 ritė spole; rullītis; kasete gulungan spoelspole szpula bobina bobină катушка, бобина cievka tuljava kalem spole, rulle แกนม้วนสาย makara, bobin 卷軸 шпулька, котушка فیتے وغیرہ کو لپیٹنے کی پھرکی ống chỉ 卷轴

2. the amount of thread, film etc held by such a holder. She used three spools of thread in one week. tolletjie مِكَب خيطان макара bobina cívka die Spule trisse; spole καρούλι, μασούρι carrete rull(itäis), pool(itäis) قرقره؛ حلقه rulla bobineסליל चर्खी के धागे की मात्रा količina onoga što je namotano na kalem orsó, tekercs gulung spóla bobina １巻き 틀에 감긴 량 ritė spole; kasete gulung spoelrullszpulka bobina bobină катушка cievka motek kalem spole, rulle หลอดด้าย; ม้วนฟิล์ม makara, bobin 線軸，(膠捲等)捲軸 шпулька, котушка پھرکی پر آنے والی فیتے کی مقدار số lượng chỉ cuộn nơi một ống chỉ 线轴，（胶卷等）卷轴

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