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spindle   (TTS Sound)

The noun spindle has 5 senses

• spindle -- ((biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis")


• spindle -- (a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.)


• spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor -- (any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts)


• spindle -- (a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning)


• spike, spindle -- (any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order")