Skein

//skeɪn//

Synonyms for "skein" (45 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (14)

Related words (22)

Noun(2 words)
spiremewedge

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

coordinate

5 entries

derived

2 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

62 translations across 33 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κλωστήρ noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • бъркотия noun (tangle, weave, web)
  • чиле noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Catalan

2 entries
  • madeixa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • troca noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 綹 /绺 noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Czech

1 entries
  • přadeno noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • matuos noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Danish

2 entries
  • dukke noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • fed noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kluwen noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Finnish

4 entries
  • akselin varren vahvistusnauha noun (metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle of a wagon)
  • lentävä parvi noun (group of wildfowl in flight)
  • munasarjan kalvo noun (membrane of a fish ovary)
  • nauha koripajua noun (thin strip of an osier used in basketmaking)

French

3 entries
  • membrane des oeufs noun (membrane of a fish ovary)
  • vol noun (group of wildfowl in flight)
  • écheveau noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Galician

4 entries
  • madeixa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • maraña noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • mea noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • meada noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

German

2 entries
  • Gebinde noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • Schar noun (group of wildfowl in flight)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουβάρι noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hespa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kalut noun (tangle, weave, web)
  • untai noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Irish

1 entries
  • scáinne noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Italian

2 entries
  • matassa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • stormo noun (group of wildfowl in flight)

Malay

1 entries
  • gegelung noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Māori

1 entries
  • pōkai noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Occitan

1 entries
  • madaissa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • labey noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Persian

1 entries
  • کلاف noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Polish

1 entries
  • motek noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • madeixa noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • meada noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Russian

2 entries
  • мото́к noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • мото́к пря́жи noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • klȕpko noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • клу̏пко noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Spanish

3 entries
  • enredo noun (tangle, weave, web)
  • lina noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • madeja noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fylking noun (group of wildfowl in flight)
  • härva noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • nystan noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • plogformation noun (group of wildfowl in flight)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • labay noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Thai

1 entries
  • ไจ noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • клубок noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • моток noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Walloon

2 entries
  • exhet noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)
  • lonxhea noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cengl noun (quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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I will willingly go away with thee, but I do not know how to get down. Bring with thee a skein of silk every time that thou comest, and I will weave a ladder with it, and when that is ready I will descend, and thou wilt take me on thy horse.

Source: tatoeba (4846169)

There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.

Source: tatoeba (6309852)

He presses just the right part of the snail's foot to encourage it to secrete a neurotoxin directly onto a skein of cotton yarn.

Source: tatoeba (8257444)

When he catches one, he presses just the right part of the snail's foot to encourage it to secrete a neurotoxin directly onto a skein of cotton yarn.

Source: tatoeba (10804101)

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