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spindle
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Noun
  • any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
    • the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order
  • a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
  • any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
  • a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
  • (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
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