Threading a needle isn't easy.
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Threading
//ˈθɹɛdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "threading" (180 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese
1 entries- 挽面 noun (depilatory method)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 絞面 /绞面 noun (depilatory method)
Portuguese
1 entries- depilação com linha noun (depilatory method)
Spanish
4 entries- depilación con hilo noun (depilatory method)
- hila noun (act or process by which something is threaded)
- hilado noun (act or process by which something is threaded)
- hilanza noun (act or process by which something is threaded)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The Mekong is one of the world’s great rivers — a 5,000-kilometer waterway threading from China through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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The majority, 96.2 percent, of the e-mails had only up to four threadings.
Source: wiktionary
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