nystan — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ball noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
- skein noun A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
Senses
nystan is used for these senses in English:
- ball A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- clew (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
- skein A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
ball — full definition
- noun A round or roughly spherical object, especially one used in sports and games.
- noun A large, formal social gathering for dancing.
- verb To form or roll something into a round shape.
skein — full definition
- noun A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
- noun A thing resembling a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) of thread, yarn, etc.
- noun The membrane of a fish ovary.
- noun A group of wildfowl (for example, geese or swans) in flight.