spindle

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.

2. 2noun

   A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.

3. 3noun

   The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.

4. 4noun

   The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.

5. 5noun

   A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

6. 6noun

   The fusee of a watch.

7. 7noun

   A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.

8. 8noun

   A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.

9. 9noun

   A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

10. 10noun

    Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.

11. 11noun

    Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.

13. 13noun

    any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

    "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"

    Synonyms

    spike
14. 14noun

    a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning

15. 15noun

    any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

    Synonyms

    arbormandrelmandril
16. 16noun

    a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

17. 17noun

    (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"