Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: threads
IPA transcription: [θɹ'ɛdz]
Pronunciations of threads
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: togs, threads, duds
    Meaning: informal terms for clothing
Usage examples
  • It is interesting to know how these threads are made.
  • He uses a bunch of threads, like so many cables or tiny ropes.
  • Oak-leaves, roughly joined by a few threads, wrap it all round.
  • The threads are not sticky; they act only by their confused multitude.
  • This dye will not answer for cotton goods, as the vitriol rots the threads.
  • Now the threads are fixed by the foot, just where the Mussel wishes to anchor himself.
  • In front of the bell-shaped mouth is a tangle of threads wherein the passers-by are caught.
  • Graciosa stood dismayed, turning the skein over and over, and breaking hundreds of threads each time.
  • The rest he would leave to Fate, which seemed reluctant to disentangle threads which it had woven so closely.
  • All these pieces are made of iron wire-gauze, having the interval between its threads the twenty-fifth part of an inch.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parallel computing, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Titan (supercomputer), License CC BY-SA 4.0