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packthread

packthread noun: a strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.

Noun

packthread (countable and uncountable, plural packthreads)

  1. (archaic) A strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
    • Eighty Poles, each of one Foot high, were erected for this purpoſe, and very ſtrong Cords of the bigneſs of Packthread were faſtned by Hooks to many Bandages, which the Workmen had girt round my Neck, my Hands, my Body, and my Legs.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s...
    • It was tied with pink packthread instead of ribbon.1895, Susan Coolidge, A Little Country Girl

packthread meaning in Telugu

packthread in Telugu

packthread, twine
పురి puri

Examples of packthread in a sentence

  • The Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles, fastened with metal clamps, moored with iron anchors, and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like packthread.1867, John Lothrop Motley, Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete:
  • In lieu of buckles at his knees, he wore unequal loops of packthread; and in his grimy hands he held a knotted stick, the knob of which was carved into a rough likeness of his own vile face.1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:

Forms of packthread

pluralpackthreads
alternative formpack-thread

Origin of packthread

From pack + thread.

Questions about packthread

What does packthread mean?
Packthread means a strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.
What is packthread in Telugu?
Packthread in Telugu is పురి (puri). See Packthread meaning in Telugu.
How do you use packthread in a sentence?
The Hand-bos, a bulwark formed of oaken piles, fastened with metal clamps, moored with iron anchors, and secured by gravel and granite, was snapped to pieces like packthread.
What part of speech is packthread?
Packthread is a noun.
What is the plural of packthread?
The plural of packthread is packthreads.

Words near packthread in the dictionary

  1. packstaff
  2. packstaffs
  3. packstaves
  4. packstone
  5. packstones
  6. packthread
  7. packthreads
  8. packtong
  9. packtrain
  10. packtrains
  11. packware

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: packthread (page history and authors); పురి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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