Usually means: Thread used for knitting, weaving.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word yarn:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. yarn: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. yarn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yarn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yarn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. yarn: Vocabulary.com
  6. Yarn, yarn: Wordnik
  7. yarn: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. yarn: Wiktionary
  9. yarn: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. yarn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. yarn: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Yarn, yarn: Dictionary.com
  13. yarn: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. yarn: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. YARN, Yarn (music group), Yarn (package manager), Yarn (software), Yarn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Yarn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. yarn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. yarn: Rhymezone
  19. yarn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. yarn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. YARN: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. yarn: Free Dictionary
  23. yarn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. yarn: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yarn: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yarn: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. yarn: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. YARN: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. yarn: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Yarn: Easton Bible
  2. Yarn: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. yarn, yarn: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. yarn: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  5. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  6. Yarn: Fiberglass Glossary
  7. YARN: Industry Terms for Fiberglass
  8. Yarn: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See yarned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
noun:  (nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
noun:  (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
verb:  (intransitive) To tell a story or stories, especially one that is lengthy or unlikely to be true.

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