Worsted Synonyms

wo͝ostĭd, wûrstĭd
A tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. woolens
  2. suiting
  3. long-staple
  4. worsted yarn
  5. English worsted

Words Related to Worsted

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. wool
  2. won
  3. woollen
  4. woolen
  5. drugget
  6. shalloon
  7. undyed
  8. broadcloth

Worsted Sentence Examples

  • Silk and worsted goods are other important manufactures.

  • The worsted, woollen and cotton industries, and the iron, steel and machinery manufactures are very extensive.

  • Worsted cloths for men's wear seem to have been made first about 1870 at nearly the same time in the Washington mills here, in the Hockanum mills of Rockville, Connecticut, and in Wanskuck mills, Providence, Rhode Island.

  • In the cave the saint held his famous colloquy with the devil, in which Satan was worsted and contemptuously dismissed.

  • Worsted spinning and weaving, tanning and leather-dressing, paper-making and the making of printing-machines are the principal industries.

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