thread

/θred/ noun

Definition

MATERIAL [C, U] › a long, thin piece of cotton, wool, etc that is used for sewing: a needle and thread

CONNECTION [C] › the connection between different events or different parts of a story or discussion: By that point I'd lost the thread of the conversation.

› a group of pieces of writing on the Internet in which people discuss one subject

(Definition of thread noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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