BOBBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bobbin mean? 

• BOBBIN (noun)
  The noun BOBBIN has 1 sense:

1. a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

  Familiarity information: BOBBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOBBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bobbin; reel; spool

Hypernyms ("bobbin" is a kind of...):

winder (mechanical device around which something can be wound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bobbin"):

filature (a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread)

shuttle (bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads)

 Context examples 

Good wares, fine wares, said she; laces and bobbins of all colours.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)