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Packthread

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A strong two-ply or three-ply twine for sewing or tying packages or bundles.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A strong three-ply thread or small twine used to sew or tie packs or packages.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Strong thread or twine used for sewing up packages or bales, or for tying up parcels.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages

Word Usage

"His nerves had previously been ``made of packthread . . . proof against weather, ingratitude, meat-under-done, every weapon of fate'', according to a letter written to one of his other enthusiasms, William Wordsworth."

Equivalent

pack thread

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

twine string

Same Context

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