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threadful

threadful noun: the amount that a thread will hold.

Noun

threadful (plural threadfuls)

  1. The amount that a thread will hold.
    • Alas, my friend ! the Fates here spun thy threadful ! Sure, never yet was heard a case so dreadful.1826, Traditions and Recollections
    • "When these beads are worn out ... so that they cannot be strung neatly and evenly on the thread, they no longer consider them as good. Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find it full and even, like glass beads, then they are considered good, otherwise...1884, Ernest Ingersoll, Country Cousins: Short Studies in the Natural History of the United States, page 235

Examples of threadful in a sentence

  • Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find it full and even, like glass beads, then they are considered good, otherwise they break and throw them away.1884, Ernest Ingersoll, Country Cousins: Short Studies in the Natural History of the United States, page 235:
  • The bottom of the thread is tapered so that, after the screw has "taken its bite," the volume increases as the threadful advances, and the flow to the pipe is free and easy in consequence.1920, Cecil Frederic Herington, Powdered Coal as a Fuel, page 116:

Forms of threadful

pluralthreadfuls

Origin of threadful

From thread + -ful.

Questions about threadful

What does threadful mean?
Threadful means the amount that a thread will hold.
How do you use threadful in a sentence?
Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find it full and even, like glass beads, then they are considered good, otherwise they break and throw them away.
What part of speech is threadful?
Threadful is a noun.
What is the plural of threadful?
The plural of threadful is threadfuls.

Words near threadful in the dictionary

  1. threadeth
  2. threadfin
  3. threadfins
  4. threadfish
  5. threadfishes
  6. threadful
  7. threadfuls
  8. Threadgill
  9. Threadgills
  10. Threadgold
  11. threadgoldite

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