Yarn - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (syn: thread)
verb
Extra examples
The sheep's wool will be spun into yarn.
In the town, where men gathered to yarn on street corners.
There is practically nothing to do but yarn with your friends.
The old captain would often spin (=tell) us a yarn about life aboard ship.
As the name suggests, a yarn winder is a device used to wind balls of yarn.
They spun the wool into yarn.
A local sheep farmer has a booth at the county fair and is selling wool yarn.
...they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets...
The wool is combed before being spun into yarn.
...blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn...
This seemed to them the toughest yarn of all. (P. B. Du Chaillu)
Yarn rolls well
...a nubby yarn that produces bumpy fabrics when woven...
Word forms
singular: yarn
plural: yarns
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