noun
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a person or device that winds, as an engine for hoisting the cages in a mine shaft or a device for winding the yarn in textile manufacture
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an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound
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a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
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any plant that twists itself around a support
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a step of a spiral staircase
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Origin of winder
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If using a homemade winder,*** consider gluing or taping the string to the winder so that your string stays connected if you happen to use all of your string to fly the kite.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
His father was a shawl weaver and his mother was a cotton winder.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Johansson corralled the puck and found winder Jordan Eberle, who was all alone to Comrie’s right.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
Inside the house, a cameraman captured a beguiling tableau: There was a glass-topped watch winder, lined with felt and fitted with three fancy-looking timepieces, each traveling in its own hypnotically undulating orbit.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
“Yes, and if that new film winder is sent along we might install it in place of the old one we brought from Fairlands,” suggested Jolly.
From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
“Believe me when I say that they are artists,” Anthony Allard, head of North America for Hitachi Energy, said of winders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
To avoid clutter, buy cord winders, tubing, or an organizer to “tame the cord jungle,” HGTV.com says.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
Sen. John Boozman is known as a soft-spoken man given more to quietly sharing jokes about his days as a Razorbacks football player than memorable stem winders or full-throated, rallying speeches.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2016
A sign pointed the way to the “Gent’s Toilet”; antique fire pails hung at the ends of each row of yarn winders.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 11, 2016
"Magsman's Amusements," fifteen foot long by two foot high, ran over the front door and parlor winders.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
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