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Word entry · 6 letters

thread

Best crossword clue

"Line through a needle"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /θɹɛd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted adehrtStarts with TEnds with D3 cluesVery common crossword word
1T2H3R4E5A6D

Definitions

  1. thread on or as if on a string

Word origin

From Middle English thred, þred, threed, from Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

Used in a sentence

  • Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.
  • the threads of a spiderweb
  • a thread of water

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Line through a needle6 letters
02Thin strand for sewing6 letters
03Sewing strand6 letters

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