B2nounhometechnology
US/θred/
UK/θred/
a very thin string used for sewing; also a chain of connected online messages or ideas
In context
She needed a needle and some black thread to fix her coat.
I started a thread on the forum asking for advice about visas.
The idea of home is the common thread running through all her songs.
Words that go with thread
adjective + noun
- common threadFear is the common thread in all his novels.
verb + noun
- lose the threadI lost the thread of the conversation when they switched to French.
- start a threadSomeone started a thread about the best cafés in Da Lat.
noun + noun
- comment threadRead the whole comment thread before you reply.
- cotton threadThe dress is sewn with fine cotton thread.
verb + preposition
- hang by a threadAfter the scandal, his career was hanging by a thread.