SPINNING MACHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinning machine mean? 

• SPINNING MACHINE (noun)
  The noun SPINNING MACHINE has 1 sense:

1. a textile machine for spinning yarn and thread

  Familiarity information: SPINNING MACHINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINNING MACHINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A textile machine for spinning yarn and thread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spinning machine" is a kind of...):

textile machine (a machine for making textiles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spinning machine"):

spinning frame (spinning machine that draws, twists, and winds yarn)

spinning jenny (an early spinning machine with multiple spindles)

spinning wheel (a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot)

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