thread
Noun
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is a type of: cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threadssubtypes:
- 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
- lastex - yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads
- ligature - thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
- metallic - a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
- nap, pile - 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
- filling, pick, weft, woof - the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- worsted, worsted yarn - a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
same as: yarn -
is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadowsubtypes: blade - something long and thin resembling a blade of grasssame as: ribbon
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is a type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process - the process of using your mind to consider something carefullysame as: train of thought
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is a type of: rib - support resembling the rib of an animalis a part of: screw - a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted headsame as: screw thread
Verb
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is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallysubtypes: snake - move along a winding pathverb group: wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace
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