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hank

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"Coil of yarn"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈhæŋk/Part of speech nounSorted ahknStarts with HEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a coil of rope or wool or yarn

Word origin

From Middle English hank, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hǫnk (compare haki (“something bent”)), related to Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”). Akin to Old English hangian (“to hang”). First known use: 14th century.

Used in a sentence

  • Cotton twist is spun here of 130 hanks to the pound. Each hank is 840 yards long […]
  • […] her hair was as straight as a hank of cotton.
  • The past year or two had brought knitting-needles into countenance for men, and he saw no reason why he should not put a few hanks of yarn into shape useful for himself.

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