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Spool

/spˈul/
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(noun) A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

Please give me a spool of white thread.
I bought three spools of black thread and one spool of white.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She needed a new ____ of black thread to finish sewing the buttons onto her leather winter coat.

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