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HANK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hank mean?
• HANK (noun)
The noun HANK has 1 sense:
1. a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Familiarity information: HANK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coil of rope or wool or yarn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hank" is a kind of...):
coil; helix; spiral; volute; whorl (a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hank"):
skein (coils of worsted yarn)
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