Definition of Threads

1. Noun. Informal terms for clothing.

Exact synonyms: Duds, Togs
Generic synonyms: Article Of Clothing, Clothing, Habiliment, Vesture, Wear, Wearable
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Definition of Threads

1. Noun. (plural of thread) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) (slang) clothes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Threads

1. thread [v] - See also: thread

Lexicographical Neighbors of Threads

threadfish
threadfishes
threadgoldite
threadier
threadiest
threadiness
threadinesses
threading
threadjacker
threadjackers
threadjacking
threadjackings
threadleaf groundsel
threadless
threadlike
threads (current term)
threadsafe
threadworm
threadworms
thready
thready pulse
threap
threaped
threaper
threapers
threaping
threapit
threaps
threaric acid
threat

Literary usage of Threads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"From five to upwards of thirty threads of warp and weft are required to complete the various schemes of intersecting. If the intervals between the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But if the warp thread a be tight and the weft threads '', l>, b, ... The combs are во regulated that they come away clear from the threads as soon as they ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In such weaving of patterns it is here assumed that the threads are dyed before the ... The simplest weave made in this way with colored threads is gingham, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In such weaving of patterns it is here assumed that the threads are dyed before the ... The simplest weave made in this way with colored threads is gingham, ..."

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