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How to pronounce “skein”
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Pronunciation guide for skein
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of skein with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ben Dunlap: The life-long learner 19 minutes
I thought my skein of Hungarian mentors had come to an end,
- Definition summary
- A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
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How to pronounce skein
Ben Dunlap: The life-long learner 19 minutes
I thought my skein of Hungarian mentors had come to an end,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “skein”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
- (by extension) A thing resembling a skein (noun etymology 1 sense 1) of thread, yarn, etc.
- (figurative)
- [Verb]
- To weave or wind (thread, yarn, etc.) into a skein (noun etymology 1 sense 1).
- (figurative) To intertwine or weave (something) with another thing.
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