spinning wheel
a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
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How to use spinning wheel in a sentence
Schubert, Dvorak, and Saint-Saens transformed the obstinate repetition of the spinning wheel to melodious patterns.
In everyday terms, a badly-designed chip means slow loading times and the spinning wheel of death—something no one wants.
A Google AI Designed a Computer Chip as Well as a Human Engineer—But Much Faster | Shelly Fan | June 15, 2021 | Singularity HubYou move the slider a little, then wait for the spinning wheel to disappear, and then you get a preview of your image.
Photoshop’s Neural Filters can alter people’s expressions in convincing—and nightmarish—ways | Stan Horaczek | October 22, 2020 | Popular-ScienceBut for users of HBO GO Sunday night, it was more like a spinning wheel of death.
‘True Detective’ Season Finale Crashes HBO GO, Fans Take to Twitter to Vent | Marlow Stern | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTQuintana was not at a spinning wheel when it happened, or biting into a poisoned Honeycrisp; the news came by FedEx.
She carried it to the top of the house and perched it on the ridge of the roof before a spinning wheel.
Mighty Mikko | Parker FillmoreWhen he came near home he saw the spinning wheel still on the roof and the figure still seated before it.
Mighty Mikko | Parker FillmoreOne of the daughters invented the small ten-stringed harp, and the other the spinning wheel.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandShe was very kind to these poor children, and worked hard at her spinning-wheel and at her knitting to support herself and them.
The Blue Jar Story Book | Maria EdgeworthWhen she thought that the children knew how to manage by themselves she left them and returned to her spinning-wheel.
The Blue Jar Story Book | Maria Edgeworth
British Dictionary definitions for spinning wheel
a wheel-like machine for spinning at home, having one hand- or foot-operated spindle
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