spool
/spul/
verb
- To wind something onto a spool.
- He carefully spooled the film back into its container.
- You need to spool the thread evenly to avoid tangles.
- The machine spools the wire automatically at high speed.
- In computing, to send data to a temporary storage area (a buffer) before it is printed or processed.
- The system spools large files to the hard drive before printing.
- Make sure to spool the job before turning off the computer.
- The printer driver will spool the document so you can keep working.
noun
- A cylinder or cone-shaped object on which thread, wire, film, or tape is wound.
- She put a new spool of thread on the sewing machine.
- I need to buy a spool of fishing line for my trip.
- The old film was wound tightly around a metal spool.
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