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skein

UK /skeɪn/ | US /skeɪn/

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.

skein en 30 secondes

  • (noun) 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.
  • (noun) A web, a weave, a tangle.
  • (noun) The membrane of a fish ovary.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun 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. 2
    noun A web, a weave, a tangle.
  3. 3
    noun The membrane of a fish ovary.
  4. 4
    noun (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
  5. 5
    noun (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
  6. 6
    noun A winning streak.
  7. 7
    verb To wind or weave into a skein.
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