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threads

thread
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [thred]
    • /θrɛd/
    • /θred/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thred]
    • /θrɛd/

Definitions of threads word

  • noun threads a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together. 1
  • noun threads twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing. 1
  • noun threads one of the lengths of yarn forming the warp or weft of a woven fabric. 1
  • noun threads a filament or fiber of glass or other ductile substance. 1
  • noun threads Ropemaking. any of a number of fibers twisted into a yarn. a yarn, especially as enumerated in describing small stuff. 1
  • noun threads something having the fineness or slenderness of a filament, as a thin continuous stream of liquid, a fine line of color, or a thin seam of ore: a thread of smoke. 1
See all 23 definitions of threads

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Origin of threads

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English threed, Old English thrǣd; cognate with Dutch draad, German Draht, Old Norse thrathr wire; (v.) Middle English threeden, derivative of the noun See throw

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Parts of speech for Threads

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Threads

threads popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for threads

noun threads

  • accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
  • accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
  • anorak — An anorak is a warm waterproof jacket, usually with a hood.
  • apparel — Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
  • array — An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.

verb threads

  • laces — Plural form of lace.
All 47 Synonyms of threads

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Related words

  • plain weave

    the most common and tightest of basic weave structures in which the filling threads pass over and under successive warp threads and repeat the same pattern with alternate threads in the following row, producing a checkered surface.

  • thrum

    to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar, by plucking the strings, especially in an idle, monotonous, or unskillful manner; strum.

  • tuft

    a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.

  • filar

    of or relating to a thread or threads.

  • fray

    a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.

  • hemstitch

    to hem along a line from which threads have been drawn out, stitching the cross threads into a series of little groups.
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