string
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
Noun 4 meanings
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
“She bought cotton thread to use to make string.”
Any similar long, thin and flexible material.
“The headdress's frame is made with strings of gold.”
A thread or cord on which a number of objects are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; a line of things similarly strung together.
“a string of pearls, shells or beads”
Senses relating to string-like items
“The dish was garnished with zucchini strings.”
Verb 4 meanings
To put (items) on a string.
“You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.”
To put strings on (something).
“It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.”
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
Etymology
From Middle English string, streng, strynge, from Old English strenġ, from Proto-West Germanic *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand; to tighten”).
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STRING at a glance
STRING has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,588 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with string
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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