hank

hank  (hngk)

n.

1. A coil or loop.

2. Nautical A ring on a stay attached to the head of a jib or staysail.

3. A looped bundle, as of yarn.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse hönk.]

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hank

Noun

a loop or coil, esp. of yarn [from Old Norse]

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Hank circular coil of anything flexible; a skein or coil of thread.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn coil, helix, volute, whorl, spiral - a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" skein - coils of worsted yarn

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hank

noun coil, roll, length, bunch, piece, loop, clump, skein

Translations

hank [hæŋk] n → écheveau m

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hank [hæŋk] n → Strang m

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hank [hæŋk] n → matassa

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hank

n hank [hӕŋk]

a coil or loop of rope, wool, string etc hanks of knitting-wool. string شِلَّة صوف أو خيطان гранка přadeno bundt; nøgle das Knäul κουλούρα νήματος, σκοινιού κτλ. madeja (lõnga)viht كلاف vyyhti écheveau סְלִיל लच्छी kolut, prsten motring gulungan hespa; hönk matassa 糸のひとかせ 한 타래 sruoga (dzijas) šķetere gumpalan knot, klos bunt kłębek novelo scul моток pradeno klobčič klupko ögla, slinga, härva ขด kangal 一卷,一束 моток سوت، اون وغیرہ کی لچھی cuộn len, sợi 一卷绞