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SLUB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slub mean? 

SLUB (noun)
  The noun SLUB has 1 sense:

1. soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by designplay

  Familiarity information: SLUB used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLUB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

burl; knot; slub

Hypernyms ("slub" is a kind of...):

raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)


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