SPUN YARN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spun yarn" is a kind of...):

small stuff (any light rope used on shipboard)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

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