Spool Definition

spo͝ol
spooled, spooling, spools
noun
spools
A cylinder or roller, usually with a hole for a spindle from end to end and a rim at either end, upon which thread, wire, etc. is wound.
Webster's New World
The material wound on a spool.
Webster's New World
Something like a spool, as a bobbin, reel, etc.
Webster's New World
Something similar to such a cylinder in shape or function.
American Heritage

A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

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verb
spooled, spooling, spools
To wind or be wound on or off a spool.
American Heritage
To store (data sent to a printer) in a buffer, allowing the program that sent the data to the printer to resume its normal operation.
American Heritage
To wind on a spool.
Webster's New World

(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).

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Other Word Forms of Spool

Noun

Singular:
spool
Plural:
spools

Origin of Spool

  • Middle English spole from Old North French espole and from Middle Dutch Middle Low German spoele (Old North French) (from Middle Dutch)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From spa and pool

    From Wiktionary

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