Spindle may refer to:
Textiles and manufacturing
Spindle (textiles), a straight spike to spin fibers into yarn
Spindle (tool), a rotating axis of a machine tool
Biology
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
Computing
Spindle (hard disk drive), the axis of a hard disk drive
Spindle (disc packaging), a plastic case for bulk optical disks
Vehicles
Spindle (automobile), a part of a car's suspension system
Spindle (vehicle), an autonomous ice-penetrating vehicle
Other uses
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
See also
Fusiform, having a spindle-like shape
Rotation around a fixed axis
Spindel, a surname
Spindler, a surname
Spindling, in computing
The Spindles (disambiguation)