Synonyms for spindle
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
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Forms
- Plural
- spindles → arbors, mandrels, axles, axises…
Example sentences
- axis The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.
- axle The axle of the car wobbled and would soon cause further damage.
By length
- 4 letters
- axis2, axle2
- 5 letters
- spike1, verge1, arbor2
- 6 letters
- newell2, arbour2
- 7 letters
- mandrel
- 8 letters
- euonymus
- 11 letters
- spindlewood
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (axis2 = 2 syllables).