Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spooler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: spool-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A device or person that winds thread onto a spool.

noun

A program or process that spools (places data in a queue to be accessed later).

Example Sentences

"She again started to work for Respondent in November 1974 as a spooler and was thereafter laid off in January 1975. She commenced working again for Respondent in February 1975 as an oiler in the weave room on the first shift […]"
"In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […]"
"The print spooler sends each page to the printer when it is ready for it."

Etymology

From spool + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spool

Inflected Forms

spoolers (plural)

Questions

What does spooler mean?: A device or person that winds thread onto a spool.
Where does spooler come from?: From spool + -er.

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