spool

Definition of Spool in English :

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Noun

1. bobbin, reel, spool

a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

bobbin
reel

Verb

2. spool

transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage

3. spool

wind onto a spool or a reel

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spool

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noun

1.

a device around which magnetic tape, film, cotton, etc, can be automatically wound, with plates at top and bottom to prevent it from slipping off

2.

anything round which other materials, esp thread, are wound

verb

3. (sometimes foll by up)

to wind or be wound onto a spool or reel

Spool

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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

verb transitive

4.

to wind on a spool

Spool

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n.

1.

a. A cylinder of wood, plastic, cardboard, or other material on which wire, thread, or string is wound.

b. The amount of wire, thread, or string wound on such a cylinder.

c. Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function.

2. A reel for magnetic tape.

tr. & intr.v. spooled, spool·ing, spools

1. To wind or be wound on or off a spool.

2. To store (data sent to a printer) in a buffer, allowing the program that sent the data to the printer to resume its normal operation.

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