spindle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis
Types & categories
- fiber hypernym
Related & opposite
- biology domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
Types & categories
- piece hypernym
Parts & wholes
- wood substance meronym
Sense 3 noun
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Types & categories
- rotating shaft hypernym
Parts & wholes
- drive part holonym
Sense 4 noun
a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
Types & categories
- stick hypernym
Parts & wholes
- spinning frame part holonym
- spinning wheel part holonym
Sense 5 noun
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order
Types & categories
- holding device hypernym
Related & opposite
- spike derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fiber |
| 2 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | wood |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | piece |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | drive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotating shaft |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spinning frame |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spinning wheel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stick |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spike |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | holding device |