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prestrung

prestrung adjective: strung in advance.

Adjective

prestrung (not comparable)

  1. Strung in advance.
    • Beads can be purchased prestrung on lengths of thread or loose in vials or plastic bags.2001, Claire B. Shaeffer, Couture Sewing Techniques, page 206
    • All of the heads came prestrung (they also come in unstrung versions) and none were acceptable to the 25-year-old Mr. Park; elite players string their own heads.2008 March 27, Jack Bell, “A Lacrosse Face-Off”, in New York Times

Origin of prestrung

From pre- + strung.

Questions about prestrung

What does prestrung mean?
Prestrung means strung in advance.
What part of speech is prestrung?
Prestrung is an adjective.

Words near prestrung in the dictionary

  1. prestructural
  2. prestructure
  3. prestructured
  4. prestructures
  5. prestructuring
  6. prestrung
  7. prests
  8. prestudied
  9. prestudies
  10. prestudio
  11. prestudy

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