Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threadful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thread-ful
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount that a thread will hold.

Example Sentences

"Alas, my friend ! the Fates here spun thy threadful ! Sure, never yet was heard a case so dreadful."
""When these beads are worn out ... so that they cannot be strung neatly and evenly on the thread, they no longer consider them as good. Their way of trying them is to rub the whole threadful on their noses; if they find it full and even, like glass beads, then they are considered good, otherwise they break and throw them away."
"The bottom of the thread is tapered so that, after the screw has "taken its bite," the volume increases as the threadful advances, and the flow to the pipe is free and easy in consequence."

Etymology

From thread + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thread

Inflected Forms

threadfuls (plural)

Questions

What does threadful mean?: The amount that a thread will hold.
Where does threadful come from?: From thread + -ful.

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