noun, verb
noun (especially AmE) = REEL(1):
a spool of thread
verb [VN+adv./prep.]
1 to wind sth onto or off a spool
2 [VN, V] (computing) to move data and store it for a short time, for example on a disk, especially before it is printed
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for spool is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does spool appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — spool appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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