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spool
[ spool ]
/ spul /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to wind.
to unwind.
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Origin of spool
1275â1325; Middle English spole<Middle Dutch spoele or Middle Low German spĆle; cognate with German Spule
OTHER WORDS FROM spool
spooler, nounspoollike, adjectiveun·spool, verb (used with object)Words nearby spool
spoof, spoofery, spoofing, spook, spooky, spool, spoom, spoon, spoon back, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish
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How to use spool in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for spool
spool
/ (spuËl) /
noun
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
anything round which other materials, esp thread, are wound
verb
(sometimes foll by up) to wind or be wound onto a spool or reel
Word Origin for spool
C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German spuolo, Middle Dutch spoele
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Scientific definitions for spool
spool
[ spĆĆl ]
To store data that is sent to a device, such as a printer, in a buffer that the device reads. This procedure allows the program that sent the data to the device to resume its normal operation without waiting for the device to process the data.
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