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spool (spo̵̅o̅l)

noun

  1. a cylinder or roller, usually with a hole for a spindle from end to end and a rim at either end, upon which thread, wire, etc. is wound
  2. something like a spool, as a bobbin, reel, etc.
  3. the material wound on a spool

Etymology: ME spole < MFr espole < MDu spoele, akin to Ger spule < IE base *(s)p(h)el-, to split, split off > spall, spill, spoil

transitive verb

to wind on a spool

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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