SHUTTLE
\ʃˈʌtə͡l], \ʃˈʌtəl], \ʃ_ˈʌ_t_əl]\
Definitions of SHUTTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
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public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
By Princeton University
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bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
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public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
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The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
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A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
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To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
By Oddity Software
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An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
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The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
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A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
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To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
By Noah Webster.
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An instrument used in weaving to carry the thread of the weft, or woof, back and forth through the warp; the sliding holder for thread in a sewing machine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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