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yarnbombing

yarnbombing is the alternative form of yarn bombing.

yarnbombing is the present participle of yarnbomb.

Meaning of yarn bombing

Noun

yarn bombing (uncountable)

  1. A form of graffiti or street art which involves colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn.
    • It is believed 'yarnbombing' originated in Texas, America, with knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished projects, but it has since spread worldwide.2011 August 18, “Tree-mendous: The astonishing cobweb 'yarnbombing' that took graffiti knitter three months”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023

Questions about yarnbombing

What is yarnbombing the alternative form of?
Yarnbombing is the alternative form of yarn bombing.

Words near yarnbombing in the dictionary

  1. Yarnalls
  2. yarnbomb
  3. yarnbombed
  4. yarnbomber
  5. yarnbombers
  6. yarnbombing
  7. yarnbombs
  8. yarncraft
  9. yarndie
  10. yarne
  11. yarned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yarnbombing (page history and authors); yarn bombing (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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