spool

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

spool [spool spools spooled spooling] noun, verb BrE [spuːl] NAmE [spuːl]
noun (especially NAmE) = ↑reel (¹)
•a spool of thread

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a spool for thread): shortening of Old French espole or from Middle Low German spōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spoel and German Spule. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•Place a spool of thread on the sewing machine.

 
verb
1. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to wind sth onto or off a ↑spool
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (computing)to move data and store it for a short time, for example on a disk, especially before it is printed
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a spool for thread): shortening of Old French espole or from Middle Low German spōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spoel and German Spule. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bobbin, reel