Worsted

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Firm-textured, compactly twisted woolen yarn made from long-staple fibers.
  • n. Fabric made from such yarn.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Yarn made from long strands of wool.
  • n. The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of worst.
  • adj. Defeated, overcome.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like.
  • n. Fine and soft woolen yarn, untwisted or lightly twisted, used in knitting and embroidery.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of woolen yarn or thread, spun from long-staple wool which has been combed, and in the spinning is twisted harder than is usual. It is knitted or woven into stockings, carpets, etc.
  • n. Woolen yarn for ornamental needlework and knitting.
  • Consisting of worsted; made of worsted yarn: as, worsted stockings.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns
  • n. a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth    fabric    material    textile    thread    yarn   
    Cross Reference
    hamburg worsted    worsted yarn    worsted braid    worsted damask   
    Hyponym
    whipcord    gabardine    serge   
    Verb Stem
    worst   
     
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