bobbin
/B AA1 B AH0 N/noun
- 1
A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- 2
In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
“Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.”
- 3
The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- 4
(haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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