bobbin
About 0.33 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- noun In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
- noun The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- noun A fine cord or narrow braid.
Similar words
spool reel pirn bobbinwork filature cotton reel winder carrier spooler rice
Often followed by
lace and is thread of or boy in to
Word family
bobbins
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