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 (such as thread, wire, or tape) is wound
2
: material or the amount of material wound on a spool
spooled; spooling; spools
1
: to wind on a spool
2
: wind entry 3
spool the thread off the bobbin
3
: to regulate the transmission of by means of a spooler
spool data
1
: to wind itself on a spool
2
: to be wound or unwound
3
: to regulate data flow by means of a spooler
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Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The museum also explores van Herpen’s creative process with a recreation of her atelier in the fifth-floor rotunda where videos of the construction of the garments are projected onto giant spools of fabric extending from dress forms to the rotunda’s ceiling.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 14 May 2026
No waiting for turbos to spool, no artificial torque curves; nothing but straightforward grunt.
—New Atlas, 3 May 2026
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Noun
The crews will feed the interlocking PVC strip from a spool and down an access hole.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The museum also explores van Herpen’s creative process with a recreation of her atelier in the fifth-floor rotunda where videos of the construction of the garments are projected onto giant spools of fabric extending from dress forms to the rotunda’s ceiling.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Verb
The opposite is true for Audi, which has been suffering poor starts as its larger turbo takes longer to spool up than the rest of the grid.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 14 May 2026
No waiting for turbos to spool, no artificial torque curves; nothing but straightforward grunt.
—New Atlas, 3 May 2026
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“Spool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spool. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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