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# bobbin

«bobbin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small wooden reel that thread is wound on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bobbins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bobbin is a small wooden reel that thread is wound on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/#m1)

2) In old tales, a bobbin is a string or cord that you pull to lift the latch of a door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a bobbin is the pull-string that opens the door; in sewing, a bobbin holds thread

### examples

- Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/#x1)
- Red Riding-Hood pulled the bobbin and the door opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/#x2)
- The thread was wound on a full bobbin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bobbin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bobbin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.