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Definition: Spool |
SpoolNoun1. A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Verb1. (computer science) transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage. 2. Wind onto a spool or a reel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spool" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Spool vi. [from early IBM `Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line', but is widely thought to be a backronym] To send files to some device or program (a `spooler') that queues them up and does something useful with them later. Without qualification, the spooler is the `print spooler' controlling output of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with other peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. See also demon. Source: Jargon File. |
Electrical Engineering | A cylinder or barrel on which thick cable or wire is wound. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device composed of a hub and two circular flanges forming one piece with the hub on which a magnetic tape may be wound. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Gauge used in making nets by hand. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Support around which yarn is wound. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A short wooden or metal cylinder with flanged edges, drilled to receive a spindle upon which is wound yarn, thread or wire. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | One complete axial compressor rotor, in case of multi-shaft engine forming low pressure, high pressure or intermediate pressure portion of complete compressor. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An axial-flow compressor rotor and a turbine wheel assembled on a common shaft. In some contexts an axial-flow compressor rotor only. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. Cast iron distance piece placed between timbers b. To wind rope or cable on a hoist drum c. The drum of a hoist d. The movable part of a slide-type hydraulic valve. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPOOL | English | Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-Line | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SpoolSynonyms: bobbin (n), reel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vehicle | Shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe; spade, spaddle, loy; spud; pitchfork; post hole digger. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Spool |
| English words defined with "spool": cine-film ♦ motion-picture film, movie film ♦ reel, roll film ♦ Spooled, Spooling ♦ yo-yo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spool": spool file, SPOOL MAKER, SPOOL WINDER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Spool" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (spool). |
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Screenplays | You put it on a pole, wind a spool of silk thread around it, and you hold the pole over the water. (White Heat; writing credit: Virginia Kellogg; Ivan Goff) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Conversion. Hosiery factory. Key to this picture is the little spool of silk thread on the machine at right. Instead of using Japanese silk to make women's stockings, this Eastern mill is converting many of its looms (see left) to production of mosquito n. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | In the iron shed they dug through boxes until they found the spool. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Spool" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.36% of the time. "Spool" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 89.36% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.38% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.26% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 47 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spool": spool file ♦ spool of thread ♦ spool stand ♦ tape spool. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "spool": spool-up. | |
Ending with "spool": fixed-spool. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
spool | 155 | 1lb spool | 6 |
plastic spool | 35 | print spool | 6 |
spool knitting | 29 | spool turbo | 6 |
wooden spool | 25 | spool manager | 6 |
as 400 spool | 19 | pipe spool | 5 |
32 spool | 18 | spool file | 5 |
spool 32 error | 18 | rack spool wire | 5 |
spool for wire | 13 | empty seminar spool | 5 |
spool cabinet | 13 | doll spool | 5 |
bed spool | 12 | spool printer | 5 |
spool thread | 10 | changer spool | 5 |
gun setting spool | 9 | antique spool cabinet | 5 |
spool valve | 9 | eater replacement spool weed | 4 |
mini spool | 9 | ribbon spool | 4 |
cable spool | 8 | fishing reel spool | 4 |
spool rack | 8 | fishing line spool | 4 |
empty spool | 8 | bed jenny lind spool | 4 |
reel spool | 7 | error spool | 4 |
spool winding | 7 | spool of tulle | 4 |
spool gun | 7 | wood spool | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "spool"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | spoel (bobbin, coil, gargle, rinse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrotë (boob, dope, moron, rack, rag-wheel, wheel), masur, bobinë (bobbin, cartridge, cassette, coil, reel, roll, winding), çikrik (bobbin, crab, drum, hoist, reel, spinning wheel, winch, windlass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملف خيوط, ملف (bobbin, coil, dossier, file, fold, folder, portfolio, reel, wrap), مسلكة (reel), لف (coil, cover, curl, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap, fold up, furl, infold, lap, reel, roll up, rolling, surround, swaddle, swathe, twine, twist, whirl, wind, winding, wrap, wrap up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ролка (cylinder, pulley, roll, roller), навивам на макара (reel), масур (cop, hasp, quill, reel), макара (bobbin, garnet, pulley, quill, reel), бобина (bobbin, coil, reel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 短管轴. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kotouè (coil, disc, disk, reel, roll, swirl, wheel, whirl, wreath), cívka (bobbin, coil, cop, reel), špulka (reel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spoole, spole (bobbin, coil, drum, inductor, lifter, pirn, reel, solenoid, to cone, to reel, to spool, to wind, twist cop, warm cop, winder), skytte (marksman, pirn, shooter, shuttle, weft bobbin), skudgarnsspole (pirn, weft bobbin), skæl (scale), tromle (barrel *, bobbin, coiling drum *, cylinder, drum, hoisting reel, lifter, reel, ring wheel, rope barrel *, rope drum *, section wheel, segment, to barrel polish, tumble, tumbler, tumbling barrel, winding-reel), rotorsamling, nøgle (key, wrench), hulstrimmelspole:spole (core, tape spool), afstandsstykke (bearing spool, bobbin, distance piece, spacer, spacer for bundle conductors, spacing bobbin, spacing spool, spreader spool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spoel (bobbin, coil, spindle), klos (bobbin, coil), bobine (bobbin, coil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | bobeno (bobbin, coil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | spoli (bobbin, coil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماسوره (Bobbin, Hank, Hasp, Reel), هرچیزی شبیه قرقره , قرقره (Bobbin, Hank, Hasp, Pulley), دورقرقره پیچیدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puola (bobbin, Poland, rung, spoke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bobine, canette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spule (bobbin, coil, quill, reel, solenoid), spulen (bobbins, reel, wind), aufspulen (coil, reel, wind in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουβαρίστρα (bobbin, reel), μασούρι (bobbin, shuttle winder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מזרב" (coil, reel), מסתורית תוף (reel), אשו" (reel), 'ליל (cylinder, reel, roll, roller), סליל (bobbin, coil, hank, reel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | orsó (arbor, arbour, bobbin, coil, hanger, quill, reel, roll, rotor, spindle), cséve (cop, quill, reel), tengely (axis, axle, axle-tree, centerline, centre line, pivot, shaft, spindle), tekercs (coil, convolution, furl, piece, reel, roll), korong (disc, disk, puck, turntable), görgő (castor-wheel, crab, roll, roller, runner, runners). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kumparan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spola (shuttle), bobina (bobbin, coil, cop, reel, solenoid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 糸 (reel), ス"ンドル油 (souffle, Sphinx, spindle oil, splice, spline, spooler, spoon, spoon-feeding, Sputnik, staple fiber, sub-economizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いとわく (reel), スプール . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 스'. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | togherys (pregnant, reel, wind, wind as clock, winding), spooyl, rollian (axle tree, cylinder, penis, pulley, reel, roller, roulette, shaft, sheave, spindle whorl, troll, whirler, whirler of thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oolspay carretel (bobbin, coil, reel, spindle), bobina (bobbin, cop, reel, roll), canela (canella, cassia, mull, shank, shin, shuttle). (various references) bobinã (bobbin, coil, rap, reel, roll), bobina (braid, coil, wind), ţeavã (barrel, bobbin, flue, pipe, spout, tube, tubing). (various references) цевка (pirn, spindle), шпулька (pirn, quill, reel), шпуля (bobbin, quill), катушка (bobbin, coil, reel, swifts). (various references) namotati na kalem, kalem (bobbin, coil, graft, helix, reel, roll, truncheon), špulna. (various references) carrete (film, reel), canilla (bobbin, faucet, quill, tap), bobina (bobbin, coil, reel, role, roll, roller). (various references) spole (bobbin, coil, curler, quill, reel, roller, winder), spola (ditch, flush, irrigate, rinse, scrub, sluice, swill, wash, wind). (various references) makaraya sarmak (quill, reel, reel up, wind on a reel), makara (block, bobbin, hasp, pulley, quill, reel, roller, sheave, truckle, whip), bobine sarmak, bobin (bobbin, coil, quill, reel, roller, sheave, spiral, winding). (various references) tigir (bobbin, wheel), tegek (coil). (various references) шпулька (bobbin), каркас обмотки. (various references) ống chỉ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Italian | 900-Modern | rocchetto. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | spoele. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | spole. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spool": spooled, spooling, spoolings, spools. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "spool": cesspool, sesspool. (additional references) | |
Words containing "spool": cesspools, sesspools. (additional references) | |
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"Spool" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apolo, Espoo, scolo, shool, skool, snool, sool, spiol, spoa, spoo, spood, spooh, spooj, spoub, sproul, Sproule, spule. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spool" (pronounced spuw"l) |
| 3 | -p uw" l | pool. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: loops, polos, pools, sloop. | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: loop, loos, lops, oops, polo, pols, pool, slop, solo. | |
-2 letters: loo, lop, ops, pol, sol, sop. | |
-3 letters: lo, op, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: bloops, orlops, podsol, polios, saloop, sloops, spools. | |
+2 letters: apollos, apologs, collops, coplots, dollops, hooplas, lollops, lookups, loopers, plosion, podsols, podzols, poloist, pomelos, poodles, prologs, saloops, scollop, spooled, topsoil. | |
+3 letters: bloopers, carpools, cesspool, complots, copilots, cowflops, cowplops, foolscap, goalpost, gossypol, hoopless, lampoons, liposome, loopiest, lycopods, omphalos, outplods, outplots, outpolls, paleosol, palookas, piccolos, planosol, platoons, pleopods, plosions, plowboys, plywoods, podsolic, polarons, pollocks, poloists, polycots, polygons, polyomas, polypods, polypous, polysome, poolside, populous, porously, posology, posthole, postoral, potboils, potholes, precools, prolongs, propolis, proposal, prosomal, rollmops, scollops, scoopful, sesspool, slopwork, slowpoke, snoopily, snowplow, spookily, spooling, spoonful, spoonily, stolport, topsoils, trollops, vanpools, whooplas. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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