spool

Other forms of spool

plural

spools·

past tense

spooled·

present participle

spooling·

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 spool

What does spool mean?

spool means "transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spool?

spool has 1 syllable: spool. In IPA it is /ˈspul/.

What is another word for spool?

Close synonyms include bobbin, 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 spool a common word?

spool 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.

What rhymes with spool?

1 word rhymes with spool. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.