tråd — meaning in English

English meaning

• filament noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
• thread noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.
• wire noun A thin, flexible strand of metal, used to carry electricity or for fastening, fencing, and similar purposes.

Senses

tråd is used for these senses in English:

• filament A fine thread or wire.
• wire A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

filament — full definition

1. noun A very thin thread or wire-like strand.
2. noun The thin coil inside an incandescent light bulb that glows white-hot when electricity passes through it.
3. noun In botany, the thin stalk of a stamen that holds up the anther in a flower.
4. noun A continuous spool of material, such as the plastic thread fed into a 3D printer.

thread — full definition

1. noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.
2. noun A connected series of ideas, or a related sequence of messages in an online conversation.
3. noun A raised spiral ridge on a screw or bolt that lets it be turned into place.
4. verb To pass thread through the eye of a needle, or to guide something carefully through a narrow space.

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