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slub

/slʌb/

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Ireland/slʊb/

slub noun: a small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning.

Noun

slub (countable and uncountable, plural slubs)

  1. (countable) A small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning.
    • The challenge is not just to produce a thick-and-thin yarn, but to make soft slubs, connected by nicely spun yarn without overtwist. The should not be lumps and bumps that happen by accident, but a contrived texture, with the size and placement of the slubs completely controlled by the spinner.1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 135
    • The huge bolts of cloth had to be checked for imperfections such as slubs and misweaves.2014, Thomas Allison, Moonshine Memories, page 98
  2. Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.

Verb

slub (third-person singular simple present slubs, present participle slubbing, simple past and past participle slubbed)

  1. To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

slub meaning in Bengali

slub in Bengali

তন্তুগুলোকে টানা এবং পাকানো

Forms of slub

Noun
pluralslubs
Verb
third-person singular presentslubs
present participleslubbing
past participleslubbed
pastslubbed

Words that rhyme with slub

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Questions about slub

What does slub mean?
Slub means a small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or uneven spinning.
What is slub in Bengali?
Slub in Bengali is তন্তুগুলোকে টানা এবং পাকানো. See Slub meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is slub?
Slub can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce slub?
Slub is pronounced /slʌb/.
What is the plural of slub?
The plural of slub is slubs.

Words near slub in the dictionary

  1. SLT
  2. SLTs
  3. SLU
  4. SLU-SVP
  5. SLU-SVP Housing Village
  6. slub
  7. slubbed
  8. slubber
  9. slubberdegullion
  10. slubberdegullions
  11. slubbered

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