Spindle

• Spindle (textiles), a straight spike to spin fibers into yarn
• Spindle (tool), a rotating axis of a machine tool

• Common spindle and other species of shrubs and trees in genus Euonymus whose hard wood was used to make spindles
• Spindle apparatus or mitotic spindle, a cellular structure in cell biology
• Muscle spindle, stretch receptors within the body of a muscle
• Spindle neuron, a specific class of neuron
• Sleep spindle, bursts of neural oscillatory activity during sleep
• Spindle transfer, an in vitro fertilization the technique

• Spindle (hard disk drive), the axis of a hard disk drive
• Spindle (disc packaging), a plastic case for bulk optical disks

• Spindle (automobile), a part of a car's suspension system
• Spindle (vehicle), an autonomous ice-penetrating vehicle

• Spindle (furniture), cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood
• Spindle (sculpture), a 1989 sculpture by Dustin Shuler made from cars
• Spindle (stationery), an upright spike used to hold papers
• Spindle, part of a door handle
• Spindle Rock, also called Adrachti, a rock in Meteora, Greece

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• Fusiform, having a spindle-like shape
• Rotation around a fixed axis
• Spindel, a surname
• Spindler, a surname
• Spindling, in computing
• The Spindles (disambiguation)

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