Words Like SPINDLE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPINDLE.

8 Alternative Words Similar to spindle

1 Mandrel Noun      Synonym Words Like Mandrel
2 Mandril Noun      Synonym Words Like Mandril
3 Arbor Noun      Synonym Words Like Arbor
4 Fiber Noun      Synonym Words Like Fiber
5 Fibre Noun      Synonym Words Like Fibre
6 Shaft Noun      Synonym Words Like Shaft
7 Stick Noun      Synonym Words Like Stick
8 Piece Noun      Hypernym Words Like Piece

1 examples of spindle

1 the spindle of a vane

10 definitions of spindle

1 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.
2 A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis.
3 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.
4 The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
5 A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
6 The fusee of a watch.
7 A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
8 A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
9 A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
10 Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
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