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makara — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bobbin noun A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  • coil noun Something wound into a spiral or helix shape.
  • pulley noun A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a grooved rim over which a rope or chain runs, used to lift or move loads.
  • spool noun A cylinder that thread, wire, film, or cable is wound around.

Senses

makara is used for these senses in English:

  • Baumkuchen A kind of layer cake, traditionally baked on a spit, in which the layers resemble concentric tree rings.
  • bobbin A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  • coil Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
  • pulley (engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
  • spool A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

bobbin — full definition

  1. noun A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  2. noun In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
  3. noun The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  4. noun A fine cord or narrow braid.

coil — full definition

  1. noun Something wound into a spiral or helix shape.
  2. verb To wind something into rings or loops.
  3. noun A T-shaped or hormonal intrauterine device used for contraception.

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