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How to pronounce “thimble”
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Pronunciation guide for thimble
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of thimble with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Noy Thrupkaew: Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works 18 minutes
and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble
- Definition summary
- (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
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How to pronounce thimble
Noy Thrupkaew: Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works 18 minutes
and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “thimble”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (sewing) A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
- As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
- (also attributively) An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size.
- (nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
- (technology) A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To use a thimble (noun sense 1).
- (intransitive, by extension) To sew.
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