bobbin

Meaning

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

Synonyms

spool
39k
reel
C2
spindle
42k
shuttle
C1
coil
C2
roll
B1
inductance
inductance coil
inductor
loop
C1
➿

parallel circle

quill
C2
radius
C1
roller
C1
spoke
B1
winder
woodwind

wooden pipe

pirn

electric coil

shuttle winder

sparking coil

coil curl

ball
A2

winding tube

baluster
bolt
C1
comb
C1
cop
A2
👮
ignition coil
Translations

bobine
Spule
bobina
bobina
fuseau
spoel
klos
carrete
rocchetto

bobijn

carretel
spola

bobine

canette
bobina
Etymology

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

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