spool
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/spuːl/
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/spuːl/
noun
R
A spool is a cylindrical object that you use to hold thread, wire, or film.
She cut a piece of thread from the spool.
verb
R
To spool means to wind something onto a spool.
The machine spooled the wire onto a new spool.
R
To spool also means to temporarily store data, like on a disk, before it is printed.
The computer was spooling the document to the printer.
translation
A spool is a cylindrical object that you use to hold thread, wire, or film.
To spool means to wind something onto a spool.; To spool also means to temporarily store data, like on a disk, before it is printed.
Word Forms
3rd Present
spools
Past
spooled
Perfect
spooled
Progressive
spooling
Plural
spools