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wool-dyed yarn

wool-dyed yarn

5.6
Thread made from wool that has been colored for knitting or weaving
  • noun
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  • She used wool-dyed yarn to knit a vibrant scarf for her friend.

Examples

  • The textile market featured stalls selling specialty wool-dyed yarn in unique shades.

  • I bought some wool-dyed yarn for my new project.

  • Carefully spun wool-dyed yarn brings depth and texture to handmade rugs.

  • The shop sells beautiful wool-dyed yarns in various colors.

  • She used wool-dyed yarn to knit a vibrant scarf for her friend.

  • The shop sells beautiful wool-dyed yarn in various colors.

  • Carefully spun wool-dyed yarn brings depth and texture to handmade rugs.

Synonyms

yarn
vswool-dyed yarn
42 1.8

A long thread of twisted fibers like wool used for knitting

refers specifically to strands made from animal fibers that are colored with dye

Surface Forms

wool-dyed yarn singular
wool-dyed yarns plural

Morphology

wool-dyed + yarn

The meaning 'yarn colored with dye applied to wool fibers' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'wool-dyed' (dyed wool) modifying 'yarn'. This adjective+noun pattern is a regular English formation and is cross-linguistically obvious, so a B1 learner who knows 'wool', 'dyed', and 'yarn' would readily understand it.

Etymology

Wool-dyed yarn comes from the simple craft of dyeing wool before it is spun into yarn; imagine bundles of wool soaked in a pot of dye so the fibers drink the color and the spun yarn keeps a deep, even shade. So, wool-dyed yarn means 'yarn that has been colored using dye applied to wool fibers'.