[
UK
/jˈɑːn/
]
[ US /ˈjɑɹn/ ]
[ US /ˈjɑɹn/ ]
NOUN
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
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the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
his narration was hesitant
VERB
- tell or spin a yarn
How To Use yarn In A Sentence
- So again if you're unfamiliar with this yarn and needle arrangement, start by knitting stripes in full needle rib.
- Other than the special sizing application, the greige fabrics are made of the same fibers, yarns and constructions as standard chambray or denim fabrics.
- Did you know that the way that you wrap the yarn around the needle can affect the twist and cause the fabric to bias or that continental style knitting can aggravate carpal tunnel syndrome?
- Company is also engaged in production of downstream products from polyurethane-coated yarn, while equity participation, or holding a number of real estate companies, food and beverage companies.
- Typically, American stocking factories spun their own wool into yarn or thread.
- I filled him up with tarry spunyarn, nailed sheet copper round him, bent some parts in the fire; and we are paying-in without more trouble now. Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
- In this kind of slubby yarn producing, the parameters design is the most important thing, which including slubby yarn cycle length, twist, slubby length, slubby count and slubby density.
- This paw-print dishcloth is made of 100% cotton yarn, and the color is called "jute". Archive 2008-05-01
- Charney is also determined to make a deeper niche within that niche category, by focusing on more fashionable, more fitted basic T-shirts done in 100 percent combed cotton, 30 single yarn baby ribs and superfine jerseys.
- The kind of writer who can always be depended upon to spin a good yarn? The Times Literary Supplement