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spindles
We have found lemma(root) word of spindles : spindle.
Definitions
[ˈspɪndl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff
- a rod or pin serving as an axis that revolves or on which something revolves
- a slender mass of microtubules formed when a cell divides. At metaphase the chromosomes become attached to it by their centromeres before being pulled towards its ends
- a Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds. Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles
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Origin
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Old English spinel, from the base of the verb spin
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