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- Dictionaryspool/spuːl/
noun
- 1. a cylindrical device on which film, magnetic tape, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound; a reel: "spools of electrical cable"
verb
- 1. wind (magnetic tape, thread, etc.) on to a spool: "he was trying to spool his tapes back into the cassettes with a pencil eraser"
- 2. send (data that is intended for printing or processing on a peripheral device) to an intermediate store: "users can set which folder they wish to spool files to"
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