spool

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• Rhymes: -uːl
• Rhymes: -ʊəl

From Middle English spole, (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole) from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”).

spool (plural spools)

1. A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
2. (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

spool (third-person singular simple present spools, present participle spooling, simple past and past participle spooled)

1. To wind on a spool or spools.
2. (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).

From blend of spa +‎ pool.

spool (plural spools)

1. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

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