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spinning wheel
noun
: a small domestic hand-driven or foot-driven machine for spinning yarn or thread
Examples of spinning wheel in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Trumps visited for about fifteen minutes, just long enough to hang a garland around a portrait of the Mahatma and admire a charkha, or spinning wheel, of the kind that Gandhi used to produce his own yarn as part of a boycott of British textiles.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
Cake is an Apple Watch case that looks a lot like a smaller version of the Rabbit R1, complete with a spinning wheel.
—Rhett Jones / Gizmodo, Quartz, 31 May 2024
The sleek bag is easy to pack up and go, thanks to its compact design, sleek outer shell, and multi-directional spinning wheels.
—Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Equipped with four full-rotational, 360-degree spinning wheels, this luggage aced our tests.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
This unique 13-piece kit allows your preschooler to set up an entire water system, with pipes of different shapes and sizes, and even a spinning wheel.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
Keep in mind that small spinning wheels can get caught on hair, so make sure your kiddos keep their remote control cars away from their long strands.
—Alesandra Dubin, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
Will the spinning wheel stop on big money or the joker?
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
Farther inside, an old-fashioned spinning wheel and a desktop computer with its keyboard.
—Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of spinning wheel was
in the 15th century
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“Spinning wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinning%20wheel. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
spinning wheel
noun
: a small machine driven by the hand or foot for spinning yarn or thread
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