worsted yarn

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   a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool

   Synonymsworsted

   Broaderthread

Questions about worsted yarn

What does worsted yarn mean?

worsted yarn means "a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool".

What is another word for worsted yarn?

Close synonyms include worsted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worsted yarn a common word?

worsted yarn is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.