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skein

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /skeɪn/

Noun

skein noun

  1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
  2. A web, a weave, a tangle.
  3. The membrane of a fish ovary.
  4. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

Verb

skein verb

  1. To wind or weave into a skein.

Word map

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Related terms

Synonyms

ravelledstreakclewskainskeanspinreelyarnspindlecotton reelspoolswiftstringsliverwindlestrand

Associated

menageriehashnisttangleddyeingyardagepolynomialgeeseknotcipherknots

Rhymes

ascertaindisdainsustaininanemundanestrainattainprofaneplainbane

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