throstle

1. 1.

   a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously

   Broaderspinning machine
2. 2.

   common Old World thrush noted for its song

   Synonymssong thrushmavisTurdus philomelos

   Broaderthrush

   Part ofTurdus

Other forms of throstle

plural

throstles·

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 throstle

What does throstle mean?

throstle means "a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in throstle?

throstle has 2 syllables: thros-tle. The stress falls on "thros".

What is another word for throstle?

Close synonyms include song thrush, mavis, Turdus philomelos. 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 throstle a common word?

throstle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.