thread
A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
Other meanings
A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
“the threads of a spiderweb”
Synonyms
- yarn
A kind of
- cord
Kinds of thread
- cotton
- metallic
- pile
- filling
- spun silk
Related words
- downthread
- bean thread
- bean thread noodle
- goldthread
- interthread
- lifethread
- megathread
- microthread
- misthread
- multithread
- nanothread
- packthread
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "þrǣd".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thread” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.