Definitions For Spindle

noun

• Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
• A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
• Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
• A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
• (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
• A thin rod or stick with pointed ends that is used in making yarn
• The long, thin pin on a spinning wheel that is used to make thread
• Something shaped like a long, thin rod ; especially : a long, thin part of a machine which turns around something or around which something turns