respooled

Coiled back up

Respooled means wound back onto a spool.

Film, tape, thread, or cable that has been unwound gets respooled for storage or reuse: The projectionist respooled the film after the screening.

In figurative use, respooled can suggest rewinding or revisiting something: The conversation respooled the same arguments we'd had before.

tape

cassette

Magnetic audio cartridge

magnetic · audio · recording · reel-to-reel · analog · mixtape · 8-track · camcorder · deck · rewinder

film

reel

Winding cylinder or dance

rewinder · canister · splice · editing · archival · restoration · cinematheque · preservation · screening · celluloid

thread

bobbin

Small cylindrical thread holder

  • yarnTwisted strand for crafts
  • spindleRotating rod for thread
  • skeinCoiled length of thread

fiber · sewing · embroidery · weaving · loom · textile · stitching · winding · tension · needle

fishing

reel

Winding cylinder or dance

backing · tippet · angler · cast · rod · spinning · retrieve · tension · drag · baitcaster

Opposites
winding state

respooledunraveled

Came undone or solved

unwound · unspooled · unreeled · tangled · loose

directional action

respooledunspooled

Released from a cylinder

unwound · unreeled · played out · let out · stripped

Family

spool, spools, unspooled, unspool, spooler, spooling, unspooling, spooled

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