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yarnstorm

yarnstorm verb: synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”).

Verb

yarnstorm (third-person singular simple present yarnstorms, present participle yarnstorming, simple past and past participle yarnstormed)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”).
    • In London, Knit the City has "yarnstormed" fountains and fences. And in Melbourne, Australia, a woman known as Bali conjures up cozies for bike racks and bus stops.2011 May 19, Malia Wollan, “Creating Graffiti With Yarn”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024
    Synonyms:
    yarn bomb

Noun

yarnstorm (plural yarnstorms)

  1. Synonym of yarn bomb (“a decorative knitted yarn item, placed on a public structure as a form of graffiti or street art”)
    Synonyms:
    yarn bomb

Synonyms of yarnstorm

Forms of yarnstorm

Verb
third-person singular presentyarnstorms
present participleyarnstorming
past participleyarnstormed
pastyarnstormed
Noun
pluralyarnstorms

Origin of yarnstorm

Compound of yarn + storm.

Words formed from yarnstorm

Questions about yarnstorm

What does yarnstorm mean?
Yarnstorm means synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”).
What part of speech is yarnstorm?
Yarnstorm can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of yarnstorm?
The past tense of yarnstorm is yarnstormed.

Words near yarnstorm in the dictionary

  1. yarns dust
  2. yarns on
  3. yarnspinner
  4. yarnspinners
  5. yarnspinning
  6. yarnstorm
  7. yarnstormed
  8. yarnstormer
  9. yarnstormers
  10. yarnstorming
  11. yarnstorms

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