Thread
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɹɛd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thread is a noun meaning (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
Meaning
(weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
More Meanings
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- A slender stream of water.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- An ordered course, that which connects the successive points in a discourse.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
Example Sentences
a thread of water
the threads of a spiderweb
a life hanging by a thread
to thread through narrow passages
Word Forms
- threads
- thred
- thrid
- threed
- threading
- threaded
- thridden
Synonyms for thread
Depending on context, synonyms include string, yarn, weave, wind, ribbon, meander.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yarn, weave, ribbon, string, meander, wind.
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