thread maker
- noun
:
hilador
- The thread maker carefully spun wool into fine yarn for weaving.
Examples
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She apprenticed as a thread maker before opening her textile workshop.
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Centuries ago, every village had its own thread maker to supply local weavers.
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The thread maker skillfully twisted the fibers.
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Many thread makers use traditional methods.
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Centuries ago, every village had its own thread maker to supply local weavers.
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She apprenticed as a thread maker before opening her textile workshop.
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The thread maker carefully spun wool into fine yarn for weaving.
Synonyms
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5.3
A person who turns fibers into thread using a wheel
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8.7
A person who twists fibers like silk to make thread
A person who twists silk or other fibers to make thread
A person who runs machines that spin thread in a cloth factory
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who starts discussion threads' is directly compositional from 'thread' (an online discussion) + 'maker' (one who makes). The agentive '-maker' pattern is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
Thread maker comes from old cloth work. It gives the image of someone twisting fibers on a spinning wheel to make a long thin thread, so the name means 'a person who spins fibers into threads'.