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spindle

English

  1. 🔊 a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
  2. 🔊 any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
  3. 🔊 a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe
  4. 🔊 (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division
    “chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis”
  5. 🔊 any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
    “the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 huso spindle
  2. 🔊 torcedor spindle

Similar words

spike mandrel mandril arbor arbor axis axle axle bar axle shaft axle spindle axle-tree distaff fulcrum gimbal gudgeon hinge hingle hub mandrel nave oarlock pin pintle pivot