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  • 11spool — spool; spool·er; …

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  • 12spool — ► NOUN ▪ a cylindrical device on which thread, film, fishing line, etc. can be wound. ► VERB 1) wind or be wound on to a spool. 2) Computing send (data for printing or peripheral processing) to an intermediate store. ORIGIN Old French espole or… …

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  • 13spool — [spu:l] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: espole, from Middle Dutch spoele] an object shaped like a wheel that you wind thread, wire etc around …

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  • 14spool furniture — spool furniture, an American style of machine made furniture especially popular during the 1800 s, characterized by posts and supports carved in a series of knobs or spools …

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  • 15spool|ing — «SPOO lihng», noun. the process of temporarily storing data in a computer on a buffer for later processing by another part of the system: »Spooling was the first stage of multiprogramming as we know it today (Harry Katzan) …

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  • 16spool — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spole, from Middle Dutch spoele; akin to Old High German spuola spool Date: 14th century 1. a cylindrical device which has a rim or ridge at each end and an axial hole for a pin or spindle and on which material… …

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  • 17spool — I UK [spuːl] / US [spul] noun [countable] Word forms spool : singular spool plural spools 1) a round object with a hole in the middle that you put something such as string, thread, or tape around 2) computing a part of a computer s memory where… …

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  • 18spool — spool1 [ spul ] noun count 1. ) a round object with a hole in the middle that you wind something such as string, THREAD, or TAPE around 2. ) COMPUTING a part of a computer s memory where information is kept for a short period: BUFFER spool spool… …

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  • 19spool — [[t]spul[/t]] n. 1) cv tex a cylindrical object or device on which something is wound, typically having a rim at each end and a hole for a spindle running lengthwise through the center 2) the material or quantity of material wound on such a… …

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  • 20Spool Heel — A spool heel is a heel that is wide at the top and bottom and narrower in the middle. Spool heels were first popular in Europe during the Early Georgian era (1715 1750) …

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