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ROPE YARN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rope yarn mean?
• ROPE YARN (noun)
The noun ROPE YARN has 1 sense:
1. the strands out of which ropes are made
Familiarity information: ROPE YARN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The strands out of which ropes are made
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rope yarn" is a kind of...):
strand (line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable)
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