English > yarn: 3 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing / sewing and weaving. |
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| Synonym | thread |
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| Narrower | Lastex | yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads |
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| cotton | thread made of cotton fibers |
| dental floss, floss | A soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth |
| floss | A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery |
| ligature | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) |
| metallic | A yarn made partly or entirely / entirely of metal |
| pile, nap | The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave |
| purl | gold or silver wire thread |
| suture | thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together |
| tinsel | A thread with glittering metal foil attached |
| warp | yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof |
| woof, weft, filling, pick | The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
| worsted, worsted yarn | A tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool |
| Broader | cord | A line made of twisted fibers or threads |
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| Spanish | hebra, hilado, hilo |
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| Catalan | bri, fil, rosca |
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