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Stick Or Pin Used To Twist The Yarn In Spinning Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SPINDLE" which means:
- noun
- • (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- • A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- • Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- • A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- • Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object verb
- • To make into a long tapered shape.
- • To take on a long tapered shape.
- • To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The spinning wheel has a wooden spindle."
- • "She carefully threaded the yarn through the spindle."
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From a word meaning revolve or rotate, a spike on which fibres are twisted into yarn; or, a pin on which a bobbin or anything else turns