spool
noun
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
Example Sentences
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The workshop is filled with finished bags alongside rolls of leather and spools of thread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
By that point, stock traders had moved away from using old-fashioned stock tickers and their endless spools of paper tape.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
The spools of thread Carrie unravels eventually end.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
Gone are the endless spools of film that collected in university commencement offices.
From Slate ● May 27, 2025
My sewing machine was on the floor nearby, and an open box full of all my other supplies—many spools of thread, pins and a pincushion, envelopes of needles—sat beside it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
