bobbin

1. 1.

   a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

   Synonymsspoolreel

   Broaderwinder

   Narrowerfilatureshuttle

Other forms of bobbin

plural

bobbins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bobbin

What does bobbin mean?

bobbin means "a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound".

How many syllables are in bobbin?

bobbin has 2 syllables: bob-bin. The stress falls on "bob". In IPA it is /ˈbɑbən/.

What is another word for bobbin?

Close synonyms include spool, reel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bobbin a common word?

bobbin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.