spinning wheel
noun
: a small domestic hand-driven or foot-driven machine for spinning yarn or thread
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Then, on Friday night, Seacrest and White illuminated the famed ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier with an interactive display of laser projectors that transformed the landmark into the iconic spinning wheel.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Thus far, researchers have uncovered a longhouse, animal enclosures, spinning wheels for weaving, beads, lamps, pots, coins and more.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The Trumps visited for about fifteen minutes, just long enough to hang a garland around a portrait of the Mahatma and admire a charkha, or spinning wheel, of the kind that Gandhi used to produce his own yarn as part of a boycott of British textiles.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
Cake is an Apple Watch case that looks a lot like a smaller version of the Rabbit R1, complete with a spinning wheel.
—Rhett Jones / Gizmodo, Quartz, 31 May 2024
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Thus far, researchers have uncovered a longhouse, animal enclosures, spinning wheels for weaving, beads, lamps, pots, coins and more.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The Trumps visited for about fifteen minutes, just long enough to hang a garland around a portrait of the Mahatma and admire a charkha, or spinning wheel, of the kind that Gandhi used to produce his own yarn as part of a boycott of British textiles.
—Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2024
Cake is an Apple Watch case that looks a lot like a smaller version of the Rabbit R1, complete with a spinning wheel.
—Rhett Jones / Gizmodo, Quartz, 31 May 2024
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“Spinning wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinning%20wheel. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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