spool

spool is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
2. transitive verb. To wind on a spool or spools.
3. noun. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

   Synonyms: bobbin, reel

4. verb. wind onto a spool or a reel
5. verb. transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage

Synonyms

bobbin, reel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spool:

loops, polos, pools, sloop

Common word forms

spools, spooled, spooler, spoolful, spooling

Words from these letters

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