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BOBBIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Synonyms:

bobbin; reel; spool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bobbin" is a kind of...):

winder (mechanical device around which something can be wound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobbin"):

filature (a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread)

shuttle (bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads)

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