thread

Summary

thread ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• thread is made of wool^[2].
• thread is made of flax^[3].
• thread is made of cotton^[4].
• thread is made of hemp fiber^[5].
• thread is made of silk^[6].
• thread is made of fiber^[7].
• thread is a type of yarn^[8].
• thread is a type of textile^[9].
• thread is part of woven fabric^[10].
• thread is used for sewing^[11].
• thread's Commons category is recorded as Threads (textile)^[12].
• thread's Unicode character is recorded as 🧵^[13].
• thread's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles^[14].
• thread's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• thread's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• thread's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• thread's fabrication method is recorded as spinning^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include yarn^[8] and textile^[9].

Use and Application

thread is used for sewing^[11]. thread is part of woven fabric^[10].

Influence

Things named for thread include thread^[19], a computer science term^[20] and lepidocrocite^[21], a mineral species^[22].

Why It Matters

thread ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).^[1] thread has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] thread is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Entities named for thread include thread^[19], a computer science term^[20] and lepidocrocite^[21], a mineral species^[22].