noun
1 thread
ADJECTIVE
▪ fine , thick
▪ coloured/colored
▪ cotton , synthetic , wool , etc.
… OF YARN
▪ length , piece
▪ ball
VERB + YARN
▪ knit , knit with , spin , weave
▪
The ~ is woven into a coarse fabric.
▪ thread
▪
The ~ has to be threaded through the needle.
▪ dye
▪ use
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There's a knot in the ~.
2 story
ADJECTIVE
▪ entertaining , good , gripping ( esp. BrE ), rattling ( BrE ), ripping ( BrE )
▪
He went on to spin an entertaining ~ about his army days.
▪
Galton's life makes a rattling good ~.
▪ adventure , seafaring
VERB + YARN
▪ spin (sb) , tell (sb)
▪
He tried to spin us some ~ about how he was collecting for the church. It was all lies.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about