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Definition: Slub |
SlubNoun1. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Slub is a soft, thick wieven section in a yarn. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A thick, unevenly twisted place in yarn which may be a novelty construction or a flaw in the yarn. Sometimes called --. . . . causes include faulty carding, combing, spinning. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SlubSynonyms: burl (n), knot (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Slub |
| English words defined with "slub": Slubbing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "slub": SINGE WINDER. (references) |
| "Slub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Slub" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
slub | 8 |
sams slub | 2 |
sam slub | 2 |
na slub zyczenia | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "slub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traadfortykkelse (thread irregularity), knop (bud, bulbils, button, eye, gemmule, micella, sucker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nop (nobby), draadverdikking (thread irregularity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surépaisseur d'un fil, grosseur (slug), flamme (slug), bouton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Noppe (Burl, knob, loop, nap, nipple, pimple), Fadenverdickung (thread irregularity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πάχος του νήματος που πλεονάζει (thread irregularity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | groppetto, diametro irregolare di un filo (thread irregularity), bottone (button, knop, nub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubslay saliência de um filamento (thread irregularity), nó (bend, burl, joint, kink, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nodosity, nodus, tie, tying). (various references) sobrespesor de un hilo (thread irregularity), botón (bud, button, knob, pressbutton, stud, tuner). (various references) ทอหรือปั่นเล็กน้อย. (various references) eğirmeye hazır yün, eğirmeye hazır hale getirmek, az bükmek, az bükülmüş eğirilecek yün. (various references) sợi xe (twine), len xe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "slub": slubbed, slubber, slubbered, slubbering, slubbers, slubbing, slubbings, slubs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-l-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bus, sub. | |
-2 letters: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-l-s-u" | |
+1 letter: blubs, blues, blurs, blush, bolus, buhls, bulbs, bulks, bulls, burls, clubs, flubs, lubes, slubs, slurb. | |
+2 letters: ablush, albums, babuls, baulks, blouse, blousy, bluest, bluesy, bluets, blueys, bluffs, bluish, blumes, blunts, blurbs, blurts, boules, bubals, bugles, builds, bulges, bursal, bushel, busily, bustle, butles, butyls, limbus, obelus, obolus, plumbs, rubles, slurbs, sobful, suable, suably, sublet, sublot, subtle, subtly, umbels, umbles, usable, usably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 75 62 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. ..- -... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01110101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l u b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0075 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53788768 |
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