spinner
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈspɪnər/
:
hilador
- And that is sort of the active work that the spinner is doing as they spin to get the end yarn product.
- yarn spinner
And that is sort of the active work that the spinner is doing as they spin to get the end yarn product.
- And that is sort of the active work that the spinner is doing as they spin to get the end yarn product.
Examples
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Sophie McGovern is a travel writer, yarn spinner, and full-time nomad currently living on the beautiful island of Koh Samui, Thailand.
Blog text (23) -
The rope spinner moved slowly along the ropewalk, drawing hemp fibers from a large bundle of fibers wrapped loosely around his waist.
Fiction book (1990) -
At this time, women were more thoroughly integrated into the workforce because of the shortage of male operatives, as well as their manual dexterity as spinners and in running the warp.
Academic text (2007) -
The spinner skillfully twisted the wool fibers to create strong threads for her weaving projects.
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As a professional spinner, he trained for years to master the technique of transforming raw fleece into fine yarn.
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At the craft fair, the spinner demonstrated how to use a traditional spinning wheel to make colorful yarn.
Synonyms
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A person who twists fibers like silk to make thread
A person who twists fibers into yarn for use in cloth
A person who runs machines that spin thread in a cloth factory
A person who twists silk or other fibers to make thread
Compounds
- Specialized
A slender tropical insect that lives in colonies and spins silk tunnels for nests
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spinner comes from the old verb spinnan, which meant 'to twist' or 'to turn' to make thread. So a spinner was originally someone who sat at a spinning wheel and twisted fibers into yarn, and the name simply names that job.