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hank

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun hank has 1 sense
  1. hank - a coil of rope or wool or yarn
    --1 is a kind of
    coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
    --1 has particulars: skein

Definitions from the Web

Hank

Noun:

  1. A short form of the name "Henry" or "Hannah".
    • Example sentence: My friends call me Hank instead of Henry.
  2. A coil or loop of yarn, thread, or rope.
    • Example sentence: The hank of twine got tangled up in the tree branches.
  3. A unit of measurement for the number of layers in a fabric or yarn.
    • Example sentence: This fabric has a hank count of eight, making it quite dense.

Verb:

  1. To form yarn into a hank.
    • Example sentence: She skillfully hanked the freshly spun wool.

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