Word "SPINDLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
Synonyms:
spike

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Synonyms:
arbor, mandrel, mandril

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

Crossword Clues for SPINDLE

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Slender rod daughter left embedded in small conifer The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Sep 2025
Nip out on the sled for a turn (7)
Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on this (7)
Watch fusee (7)
Pin enabling one to slip end out (7)
Dip lens into solution for Turner (7)
Where Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger (7)
Pin by which thread is twisted
Slip end off to wind thread on it (7)
___ tree has pink fruit, toxic seeds - endlessly splendid, anyway! (7)
Rod's back, protecting disloyal extremists
Yarn-spinning rod (7)
Revolving pin
Rod Stewart's first big house occupied by Neil Diamond initially The Telegraph Toughie 31 Dec 2024
Splined sort of axle (7)
Turning pin (7)
Pin to turn on (7)
Tool for Rumpelstiltskin
Axle Mirror Tea Time 16 Oct 2024
Pin that turns sled around itself (7)
Rod, axis Mirror Tea Time 16 Jun 2024
A rod with a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread (7)
A record winds around it and so does wool (7)
Pin cut Den's lip (7)
Axle pin (7)
Rod shows backbone, investing 500 pounds The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Peg on which thread is twisted (7)
Rotating shaft The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Pin for thread bobbin (7)
The turning-point of many a revolution (7)
Fibre-spinning rod
Thread-winding rod The Times Concise 02 Feb 2024
Pin on which a thing turns
Revolving spool shaft (7)
Element in the tale of Sleeping Beauty LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2023
Rotating shaft The Times Concise 10 Sep 2023
Rod for twisting yarn Universal 07 Mar 2023
Rod used to make yarn New York Times 09 Feb 2023
Rod led astray chasing bowling technique The Guardian Cryptic 11 Jan 2023
Sleeping Beauty piercer Family Time 01 Aug 2022
Tool for making yarn by hand Universal 13 Apr 2022
It turns plug when new drive head is inserted
Revolving rod Family Time 03 Aug 2020
Axis, pivot The Times Concise 06 Mar 2020
Pen lids recycled to make pin for twisting yarn
Rotating shaft The Sun Two Speed 29 Oct 2019
Rod led astray after hype The Sun Two Speed 29 Oct 2019
Rod shows backbone, investing 500 pounds The Sun Two Speed 13 Nov 2018
Stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning The Guardian Speedy 07 Jul 2018
Axle The Sun Two Speed 12 Feb 2018
Odds on newly lined axle The Sun Two Speed 12 Feb 2018
Vertebrae containing ends of dorsal rod The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Nov 2017
Rotating shaft, e.g Family Time 01 May 2017
Rod's back, entertaining 550 The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Feb 2017
Turning point in short car journey led all over the place
Axis The Telegraph Quick 18 Sep 2016
Rotating shaft The Guardian Quick 25 Jul 2015
Rod on which something turns The Times Concise 15 Jan 2015
Turntable shaft
Hard-disk part
Partner of fold and mutilate
Platter holder
Rotating shaft, e.g.
Record holder
Turntable axis
Sales slip holder
Record holder
Turning point
Columns holder
Slender rod
Measure of yarn
Bobbin holder
Lathe part
Slender rod.
Rod holding a bobbin.
End of an axletree.
Axle.
Rod in a spinning wheel.
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