take-up
Noun
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Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) (synset 104393543)
"a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in (synset 100194854)
is a type of: tightening - the act of making something tighter
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