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thread

continuous strand formed of filament fiber or spun, twisted, and plied short fibers, used for sewing and needlework
Class type of: yarn, textile Q1391831

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
yarn, textile[7][8]
Part of
woven fabric[9]
Has use
sewing[10]
Described by source
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12][13][14][15]
Fabrication method
spinning[16]
Made from material
wool, flax, cotton, hemp fiber, silk, fiber[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Unicode character
🧵[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en thread ar خيط cs nit cs nitě cs niť da tekstiltråd da tråd da hækletråd de Fäden de Faden de Roter Faden es hilo fa نخ قرقره fi ompelulanka fr fil hi धागा hu szál hu cérna hu fonal hu fonál
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85135003
GND ID
4122137-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bobines (4732394303).jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300014250
BabelNet ID
02452704n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119782672
Concepticon concept set ID
1161
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/thread-textile
FAST ID
1150288
Freebase ID
/m/0gg82w_
Harper's tag
thread
J9U entity ID
987007534007405171
Show all 21 identifiers +9
KBpedia ID
Thread
Language of Bindings ID
2474
Museum-digital tag ID
18416
NDL Authority ID
00564321
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/F537E396-F6EB-4B8B-8A5F-CA31BBFD48C7
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
6852
Quora topic ID
Thread-1
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14891040-n, 14892009-n, 03977398-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/26616c3e-13b9-41ef-993d-33ca06008f22

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🔗 Connections
Made from material 5
cotton, silk, wool, fiber, hemp fiber
Subtypes 4
catgut, metallic thread, gimp, sewing thread
← Has part(s) of the class 4
Martinitoren, Asinelli tower, Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan, Tower in Ząbkowice Śląskie
← Uses 3
knitting, needle lace, threading
Named after 2
thread, lepidocrocite
Subclass of 2
textile, yarn
← Made from material 2
Himmeli, seam
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Fabrication method 1
spinning
Has use 1
sewing
Part of 1
woven fabric
← Does not use 1
adhesive binding
← Product or material produced 1
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Influence

Things named for thread include thread[17], a computer science term[18] and lepidocrocite[19], a mineral species[20].

Why It Matters

Entities named for thread include thread[17], a computer science term[18] and lepidocrocite[19], a mineral species[20].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → thread
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: thread, Matched to thread (#289970233) in Harper's tag #mix'n'mat"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → spinning
    Part of → woven fabric
    Subclass of → yarn, textile
    Described by source → Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007534007405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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