Spindel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arbor noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- newel noun Either of two kinds of supporting post in a staircase.
- spindle noun A slender rod used for spinning fiber into thread, or more generally, any rod or axis that something turns on.
Senses
Spindel is used for these senses in English:
- arbor An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
- arbor A spindle of a wheel.
- barrel (zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.
- fusil (heraldiccharge) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
- spindle (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
arbor — full definition
- noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
- noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.
barrel — full definition
- noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
- noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
- noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
- verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.