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Cable Spool Crossword Clue

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noun

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

verb

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

30%8 A support cable used in cable-stayed bridges
noun

• a stay that supports the back of something

26%8 Process of winding a cable or rope onto a drum or spool
noun

• lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

verb

• pull or lift up with or as if with a winch

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