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Meaning of meada | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
meˈaða̝

Definitions

  1. handful, fistful
    feminine
  2. halved
    archaic, feminine
  3. bundle; sheaf
    feminine
  4. skein
    feminine
  5. Equivalent to 'Skein': A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns...

Equivalents

Bosanski vol
Català madeixa troca
Cymraeg cengl
Dansk dukke fed
Deutsch Gebinde Schar
Ελληνικά κουβάρι
English Skein
Español enredo liña madeja
فارسی کلاف
Gaeilge scáinne
Hrvatski vol
Bahasa Indonesia kalut untai
Íslenska hespa
Italiano matassa stormo
Kurdî fêd
Te Reo Māori pōkai
Nederlands kluwen
Polski motek
Português madeixa meada
Српски vol
Svenska harva nystan
ไทย ไจ้
Tagalog labay

Examples

“debo á muller de Vasco de Fonteelo una meada de liño e á Tereixa Gata quatro maçarocas destopa”

I owe a skein of flax to Vasco de Fontelo's wife, and to Tereixa Gata four spindlefuls of tow

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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