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Meaning of 'Bobbin'
Meaning of 'Bobbin' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Bobbin 
[ n.]
- A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most
commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is
wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a
slight tension. [ n.]- A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.
- The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- A fine cord or narrow braid.
- A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current.
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