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(noun) a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning |
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Related Words: stick |
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(noun) any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts |
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Synonyms: arbor, mandrel, mandril |
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Related Words: rotating shaft, shaft |
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(noun) (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis" |
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Related Words: fiber, fibre |
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