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spinning(encyclopedia)
spinning(2)(dictionary)
spinning(1)(dictionary)
Spinning(finance)
Spinning(money)
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spinning wheel(dictionary)
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spinning mule(encyclopedia)

brontosaurus (iou) and spinning(2) (iou)


brontosaurus (iou)



brontosaurus noun. . L19.
[mod. Latin, formed as BRONTO- + Greek sauros -SAUR.]
A large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus (or Apatosaurus), known as fossils of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
'brontosaur noun a large dinosaur of the group which includes the brontosaurus; spec. = BRONTOSAURUS: L19.
brontosaurian adjective of or like a brontosaurus; chiefly fig., ponderous, clumsy: E20.

spinning(2) (iou)



spinning noun. ME.
[from SPIN verb + -ING1.]
The action or process of SPIN verb; an instance of this. ME.
The product of the operation of spinning; thread or yarn spun. E16.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'of or pertaining to spinning thread', as spinning process, spinning room, etc. Special combs., as spinning-frame a kind of spinning-machine; spinning-house (a) a room or building set apart or used for spinning; (b) Hist. a women's prison or reformatory (cf. SPIN-HOUSE); spinning-jenny Hist. an early form of spinning-machine in which several spindles were set in motion by a band from one wheel; spinning-machine a machine for spinning fibres continuously; spinning magnetometer = SPINNER magnetometer; spinning-top = TOP noun2 1; spinning tunnel Aeronautics a wind tunnel with a vertical airflow for testing the behaviour of models of aircraft in simulated spins; spinning-wheel a simple household apparatus for spinning thread or yarn with a spindle driven by a wheel attached to a crank or treadle.