spinning wheel

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolhiladora rueca torno de hilar

Françaisrouet

DeutschSpinnrad

36 more languages

العربيةعَجَلَة الْمِغْزَل

Bosanskikilo kolovrat rodarok

Catalàroda

Češtinakolovrat

Cymraegtroell

Danskrok

Ελληνικάανεμοδούρα ροδάνι

Esperantoradŝpinilo

Euskarakilo

فارسیچرخه

Suomirukki

Gaeilgetuirne

Gàidhligcuibheall cuidheall-shnìomha

Galegoroca

ગુજરાતીચરખો

हिन्दीचरख़ा चर्ख़

Hrvatskikilo kolovrat rodarok

Magyarrokka

Հայերենճախարակ

Bahasa Indonesiakincir

Íslenskarökkur

Italianofilatoio

日本語糸車

한국어물레

Kurdîkîlo kincir rok

Latinafusus

ລາວຫຼາ

Македонскиродан

Nederlandsspinnewiel

Polskikołowrotek

Portuguêsroda de fiar

Русскийпрялка

SlovenščinaKolovrat

Српскиkilo kolovrat rodarok

Svenskaspinnrock

Türkçeçıkrık

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

spinning-wheel Spinnings spinny Spino spinocerebellum spinochrome

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