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Definition: Spun Yarn |
Spun YarnNoun1. (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Yarn composed of discontinuous fibres usually held together by twist. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemistry | A yarn made from staple fibres. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A twine consisting of two or three twisted yarns, twisted together, each having a linear density of about 5 ktex, usually tarred, and used for tying. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Spun Yarn |
| English words defined with "spun yarn": Caburn ♦ Mousing ♦ Ropeband, Rounding ♦ small stuff ♦ To work up. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "spun yarn": central core ♦ rouving ♦ staple fibre. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
spun yarn | 10 |
hand spun yarn | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "spun yarn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | малко леко пресувано въже, прежда от къси влакна. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spungarn, spundet garn, skibsmandsgarn, skibmandsgarn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schiemansgaren, weefsels van zijdevezelgaren, vezelgaren, twee-of driedraads,tegen de richting van de zon geslagen geteerd garen,vervaardigd van hennep-,sisal-of manillavezels,gebruikt voor bekleden van staand tuig en voor tijdelijke bindsels, gesponnen garen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kehrätty lanka, kalastajalanka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | file de verranne (textile glass spun yarn), file (textile glass spun yarn), filé, bitord. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spinnfasergarn, Schiemannsgarn, versponnenes Garn, gezwirntes Garn (thrown yarn, twisted yarn), gespinst (cocoon, fabrication, gossamer, thread, tissue, weave, web). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλωσμένο νήμα, νήμα κλωσμένο, χοντρό σχοινί (rope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מטו" (spinning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spago catramato, spago (cord, string, twine), filato (mohair, yarn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 紡績糸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼうせきいと. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tead daafilley. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unspay yarnay tecido fiado, mealhar, fio simples constituído por fibras descontínuas reunidas por torção, fio fiado, fio de fibras. (various references) meollar, hilo de torsión, hilado sencillo, hilado (spinning, spun, yarn). (various references) stapelfibergarn, spunnet garn, spinngarn, sjömansgarn. (various references) ısparçına. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Spun Yarn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: spunyarn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-n-p-r-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: pyrans, sannup, synura, unsnap. | |
-3 letters: pansy, praus, prays, punas, punny, pursy, pyran, raspy, runny, saury, spray, spurn, sunna, sunny, supra, syrup, unary, unsay, yarns, yaups, yuans. | |
-4 letters: anus, nans, naps, nary, nays, nuns, pans, pars, pays, prau, pray, puna, puns, puny, purs, pyas, raps, rasp, rays, runs, ryas, snap, span, spar, spay, spry. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-n-p-r-s-u-y" | |
+3 letters: unsparingly. | |
+5 letters: underpayments. | |
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