yarnUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjɑːrn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/jɑrn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(yärn) yarn WordReference English Thesaurus © 2025 Sense: Spun fiber Synonyms: wool Collocations, spun wool, twist Collocations, flaxen thread, cotton fiber, rug yarn, crochet thread, knitting yarn, alpaca yarn, fiber, thread Collocations, twine Sense: A tale Synonyms: Sense: A lie Synonyms: fabrication, tall story, alibi Collocations, cock-and-bull story, lie Collocations, load of bollocks, nonsense Collocations, fishy story, load of bull Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: and go to groping over the deck after bits of rope-yarn, - English Only forum
Dentists have stopped being strung along by the great flossing yarn - English Only forum it left the way open for him to give her any yarn he wanted to try and ingratiate himself with her - English Only forum no map with yarn - English Only forum playing <with the yarn as a ball> <at ball with the yarn> - English Only forum return to spinning their own yarn - English Only forum slip the yarn-rope over her head - English Only forum They had to disentangle the kitten from the yarn. - English Only forum What "Yarn related questions" phrase means? - English Only forum which yarn to tug at - English Only forum Who can give him (a) yarn? - English Only forum yarn (story) - English Only forum yarn / wool - English Only forum "yarn truck" - English Only forum yarn/thread - English Only forum
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