spool

English

Spools

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːl
• Rhymes: -ʊəl

Etymology 1

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Spools of thread.

Noun

spool (plural spools)

1. A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
2. (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

Translations

spindle

Afrikaans: spoel (af) Armenian: կոճ (hy) (koč̣) Dutch: bobijn (nl) f., spoel (nl) f. Esperanto: bobeno  (eo) Finnish: hylsy (fi), rulla (fi), puola (fi) French: bobine (fr) f.

Icelandic: spóla (is) f., kefli (is) n. Italian: bobina (it) f. Portuguese: carretel (pt) m., bobina (pt) Russian: катушка (ru) (katúška) f., шпулька (ru) (špúl'ka) f., бобина (ru) (bobína) f. Spanish: carrete (es) m.

Verb

spool (third-person singular simple present spools, present participle spooling, simple past and past participle spooled)

1. To wind on a spool or spools.
2. (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time.

Translations

to send files to some device or program that puts them in a queue for later processing of some kind

Icelandic: biðfæra (is)

Etymology 2

From spa and pool

Noun

spool (plural spools)

1. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

Anagrams

• loops
• polos
• pools
• sloop