1. a cylinder or reel on which thread, wire, tape, or other flexible material is wound

1. to wind onto a spool
2. to transfer data to a temporary storage area for later processing
Usage: computing

Examples

• She wound the thread around the wooden spool.
• The fishing line came on a plastic spool.
• The old film projector used large metal spools.
• He spooled the cable neatly after use.
• The printer spools documents before printing them.
• She bought several spools of different colored thread.
• The computer spools print jobs to handle multiple requests.