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spinning-wheel

spinning-wheel is the dated form of spinning wheel.

Meaning of spinning wheel

Noun

spinning wheel (plural spinning wheels)

  1. A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.
    • Dobrunka always began the day by feeding the goats, then she prepared the breakfast, swept the kitchen, and when everything else was done she sat down at her spinning wheel and spun.1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, Czechoslovak fairy tales, page 179

Forms of spinning-wheel

pluralspinning-wheels

Questions about spinning-wheel

What is spinning-wheel the dated form of?
Spinning-wheel is the dated form of spinning wheel.

Words near spinning-wheel in the dictionary

  1. spinning top
  2. spinning tops
  3. spinning up
  4. spinning wheel
  5. spinning wheels
  6. spinning-wheel
  7. spinning-wheels
  8. spinningly
  9. spinnings
  10. spinny
  11. Spino

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spinning-wheel (page history and authors); spinning wheel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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