Meaning & use
Spool
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A cylindrical device on which thread, wire, film, or cable is wound.
See it in a sentence
She threaded a fresh spool of black cotton into the sewing machine.
The printer began to spool the document before sending it to print.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'to spool' in computing means to temporarily store data in a queue before it is processed, as with print spooling.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To store data temporarily in a queue for later processing, especially before printing.
The printer began to spool the document before sending it to print.
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