SKEAN
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
S(1) K(5) E(1) A(1) N(1)
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Definition
noun
- A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
- A web, a weave, a tangle.
- The membrane of a fish ovary.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
Source: Wiktionary
