Words Like SPINDLE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPINDLE.
8 Alternative Words Similar to spindle
1 examples of spindle
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the spindle of a vane
10 definitions of spindle
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The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
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A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis.
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The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
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The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
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A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
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A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
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A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
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A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
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Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.