spindle

IPA: spˈɪndʌɫ

(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
The fusee of a watch.
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
(geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
(biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
(coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
(computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
A muscle spindle.
A sleep spindle.
A surname transferred from the nickname.

Examples of "spindle" in Sentences

The bobbin is fixed on the spindle.
The spindle usually moves in the z axis.
The ends of the kingpin are mounted to a spindle.
The hub is used to attach the disk to the spindle.
The lead screw or the nut is attached to the spindle.
The distaff and spindle are symbols of womanly labour.
And yes, the spindle is supposed to point down like that.
The boss is located on the spindle side closest to the latch.
The revolution of the spindles cease, the drawing rollers stop.
I saw the name spindle tree when looking up the exact spelling.
The lower end of the spindle extends into a reservoir of fluid lubricant.
And now I have to figure out when the spindle is full, and how to ply it ....
Gamma motoneurons regulate the sensitivity of the spindle to muscle stretching.
Steven's comment about using the word spindle has been very effective for me as well.
You use the bow to spin the spindle, which is held in place by a rock, against a flat piece of wood.
Then you twist the cord around a shorter, thicker branch, called a spindle, that has been carved straight and whittled smooth.