English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

Spindel — meaning in English

German → English · translate English → German instead

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 One of two types of post that support 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

  1. noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
  2. noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.

barrel — full definition

  1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
  3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
  4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.
Vocabulary Flow
Learn more English words in German.
Vocabulary Flow serves English words with the German meaning, one at a time — pronunciation and an example each time. Scroll it either direction.
Learn English in German

Related German words