spinning wheel

noun

A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.

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Meanings

nounspinning wheel (plural spinning wheels)

plural spinning wheels · alternative dated spinning-wheel

  1. A domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot.

    Dobrunka always began the day by feeding the goats, then she prepared the breakfast, swept the kitchen, and when everything else was done she sat down at her spinning wheel and spun.

    1919, Parker Hoysted Fillmore, Czechoslovak fairy tales, page 179

Translations

Arabic عَجَلَة الْمِغْزَل
  • عَجَلَة الْمِغْزَلdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Basque goru, kilo
  • gorudevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • kilodevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Bulgarian чекрък
  • чекрък (čekrăk)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Catalan roda, roda de filar
  • rodadevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • roda de filardevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Chinese Mandarin 紡車 /纺车
  • 紡車 /纺车 (fǎngchē)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Czech kolovrat
  • kolovratdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Danish spinderok, hjulrok
  • spinderokdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • hjulrokdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • rokdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Dutch spinnewiel
  • spinnewieldevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Esperanto radŝpinilo
  • radŝpinilodevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Estonian vokk
  • vokkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Finnish rukki
  • rukkidevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
French rouet
  • rouetdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
German Spinnrad
  • Spinnraddevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Greek ροδάνι
  • ροδάνι (rodáni)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Hebrew גלגל טוויה
  • גלגל טוויה (galgal tviyah)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Hungarian rokka, guzsaly
  • rokkadevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • guzsalydevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Icelandic rokkur
  • rokkurdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Irish tuirne
  • tuirnedevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Italian filatoio
  • filatoiodevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Japanese 糸車
  • 糸車 (itoguruma)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Korean 물레
  • 물레 (mulle)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Latvian vērpjamais ratiņš, ratiņš
  • vērpjamais ratiņšdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • ratiņšdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Norwegian rokk, spinnerokk
  • rokkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • spinnerokkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • spinnrokkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • hjulrokkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Persian چرخه
  • چرخه (čarxe)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Polish kołowrotek
  • kołowrotekdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Portuguese roda de fiar
  • roda de fiardevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Romanian roată de tors
  • roată de torsdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Russian пря́лка
  • пря́лка (prjálka)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Scottish Gaelic cuidheall-shnìomha
  • cuidheall-shnìomhadevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Spanish rueca, torno de hilar
  • ruecadevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • torno de hilardevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • hiladoradevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Swedish spinnrock
  • spinnrockdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Tagalog gantala
  • gantaladevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Turkish çıkrık
  • çıkrıkdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Ukrainian пря́дка
  • пря́дка (prjádka)device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Vietnamese guồng quay tơ
  • guồng quay tơdevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Welsh troell, troell nyddu
  • troelldevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
  • troell nyddudevice for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle
Cite this entry
APA

spinning wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinning%20wheel

MLA

“spinning wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinning%20wheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinning wheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinning%20wheel.

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