1. a round stick with tapered ends used to form and twist the yarn in hand spinning
2. the long slender pin by which the thread is twisted in a spinning wheel
3. any of various rods or pins holding a bobbin in a textile machine (such as a spinning frame)
4. the pin in a loom shuttle
5. a device usually consisting of a long upright pin in a base on which papers can be stuck for filing — called also spindle file
6. something shaped like a spindle: such as
7. a spindle-shaped network of chiefly microtubular fibers along which the chromosomes are distributed during mitosis and meiosis
8. muscle spindle
9. the bar or shaft usually of square section that carries the knobs and actuates the latch or bolt of a lock
10. a turned often decorative piece (as in a baluster)
11. newel
12. a revolving piece especially when thinner than a shaft
13. a horizontal or vertical axle revolving on pin or pivot ends
14. the part of an axle on which a vehicle wheel turns
15. to shoot or grow into a long slender stalk
16. to grow to stalk or stem rather than to flower or fruit
17. to impale, thrust, or perforate on the spike of a spindle file
18. to make or equip (something, such as a piece of furniture) with spindles
19. a thin rod or stick with pointed ends that is used in making yarn
20. the long, thin pin on a spinning wheel that is used to make thread
21. something shaped like a long, thin rod especially a long, thin part of a machine which turns around something or around which something turns
22. a slender round rod or stick with narrowed ends by which thread is twisted in spinning and on which it is wound
23. something (as an axle or shaft) which has a slender round shape and on which something turns
24. something shaped like a round stick or pin with tapered ends: as
25. a network of chiefly microtubular fibers along which the chromosomes are distributed during mitosis and meiosis
26. muscle spindle
27. sleep spindle